American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 798-809 , November 2009

Solute-Solver: A Web-Based Tool for Modeling Urea Kinetics for a Broad Range of Hemodialysis Schedules in Multiple Patients

  • John T. Daugirdas, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to John T. Daugirdas, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 15W560 89th St, Burr Ridge, IL 60527
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  • Thomas A. Depner, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Davis, CA
    • ,
  • Tom Greene, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
    • ,
  • Paul Silisteanu, MEng

      Affiliations

    • Université du Québec, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Received 9 March 2009 ,Accepted 11 June 2009.

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PII: S0272-6386(09)00972-X

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.06.033

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 798-809 , November 2009

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