International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 46-51 , March 2007

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Renal Failure in the Elderly

  • Chin-Wen Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Han-Hsiang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Han-Hsiang Chen, Division of Nephrology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan

,Accepted 20 November 2006.

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PII: S1873-9598(08)70023-1

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(08)70023-1

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 46-51 , March 2007

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