Early Experience in the Use of Stent Grafts to Convert Unusable Arteriovenous Fistulas into a Functioning Hemodialysis Access
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Stent Grafts Can Convert Unusable Upper Arm Arteriovenous Fistulas into a Functioning Hemodialysis Access: A Retrospective Case Series
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.10.070