American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 782-790 , November 2007

Neointimal Hyperplasia in Early Arteriovenous Fistula Failure

  • Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Dialysis Access Research Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, Division of Nephrology, University of Cincinnati, MSB G251, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0585.
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  • Lois Arend, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Jianhua Zhang, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Dialysis Access Research Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Mahesh Krishnamoorthy, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Yang Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Dialysis Access Research Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Rupak Banerjee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Antoine Samaha, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kidney and Hypertension Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Rino Munda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

Received 28 January 2007 ,Accepted 17 July 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.07.019 on September 24, 2007.

PII: S0272-6386(07)01126-2

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.07.019

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 782-790 , November 2007

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