Biocompatible peritoneal dialysis solutions: Many questions but few answers

Kidney International

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 864-866

  Blake, Peter G ^a   Jain, Arsh K ^a   Yohanna, Sechelle ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS FLUID;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRAFILTRATION; URINE VOLUME;

DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84888352013     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2013.303     Document Type: Note

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