The Hemodialysis Access Surveillance Controversy Continues.

Kidney Int Rep

Department of Hypertension and Nephrology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Published: November 2020

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