American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 53-61 , January 2008

Circadian Variation of Death in Hemodialysis Patients

  • András Tislér, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • B. Braun Avitum Nephrological Network, Budapest, Hungary
    • First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
    • Department of Medicine, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to András Tislér, MD, PhD, First Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, 2/a Koranyi, Budapest, Hungary H-1083.
    • ,
  • Alexander G. Logan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Katalin Akócsi, MD

      Affiliations

    • B. Braun Avitum Nephrological Network, Budapest, Hungary
    • ,
  • László Tornóci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathophysiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
    • ,
  • István Kiss, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • B. Braun Avitum Nephrological Network, Budapest, Hungary
    • ,
  • B. Braun Avitum Chronobiology Investigators

Received 13 April 2007 ,Accepted 26 September 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.09.019 on November 27, 2007.A list of the B. Braun Avitum Chronobiology Investigators appears at the end of this article.

PII: S0272-6386(07)01371-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.09.019

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 53-61 , January 2008

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