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Zhen Ai1,2, Lijun Luo3, Wenhao Li4

  • 1Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis : Official Peer-Reviewed Journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy
|June 17, 2025
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Keywords:
intermittent hemodialysisionized calciumregional citrate anticoagulationvenous bubble trap

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