Moving Beyond the Assumed: Improving Fistula Success Rates

Jay B Wish¹, Sharon M Moe^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, and.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, and smoe@iu.edu.
³ Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Editorial

Jay B Wish et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;28(10):2827-2829.

doi: 10.1681/ASN.2017060663. Epub 2017 Jul 21.

Jay B Wish¹, Sharon M Moe^{2

3}

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, and.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University, and smoe@iu.edu.
³ Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.

No abstract available

Keywords: arteriovenous fistula; hemodialysis; hemodialysis access.

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