European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 523-529 , May 2006

Primary Vascular Access

  • C.P. Gibbons

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. C.P. Gibbons, MA, DPhil, MCh, FRCS, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea SA2 7NW, UK.

,Accepted 7 October 2005.

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 Update on Renal Access and Transplantation — one of a series of educational articles edited by Mr Christopher Gibbons, Swansea, UK.

PII: S1078-5884(05)00603-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.10.006

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 523-529 , May 2006

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