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Nature Reviews Nephrology 3, 252–253 (1 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/ncpneph0453

Vascular access recirculation: setting a new detection method in the context of the overall utility of detection

Edwin Wijnen , Frank M van der Sande , Jeroen P Kooman & Karel M Leunissen

Magnasco A and Alloatti S (2006) Glucose infusion test (GIT) compared with the saline dilution technology in recirculation measurements. Nephrol Dial Transplant 21: 3180–3184 Synopsis Background The glucose infusion test (GIT) has been proposed as a simple and cheap alternative to the saline dilution technique for the detection of vascular access recirculation in patients on hemodialysis.