American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Pages 1131-1138 , December 2008

Visual Impairment in Elderly Patients Receiving Long-term Hemodialysis

  • Ernest Chiu, BMSc

      Affiliations

    • Nephrology Division, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Samuel N. Markowitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Wendy L. Cook, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Sarbjit V. Jassal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Nephrology Division, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Sarbjit V. Jassal, MD, Associate Professor, University of Toronto and Staff Physician, University Health Network, 8NU-857, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, M5G 2C4, Canada

Received 28 December 2007 ,Accepted 9 May 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.05.032 on August 13, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01059-7

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.05.032

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Pages 1131-1138 , December 2008

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