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The effect of low-sodium dialysate on ambulatory blood pressure measurement parameters in patients undergoing

Serkan Akdag1, Aytac Akyol1, Huseyin Altug Cakmak2

  • 1Department of Cardiology, Yuzuncu Yil University Medical Faculty, Van, Turkey.

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
|December 31, 2015
PubMed
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Keywords:
hemodialysishypertensionsodium dialysate

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