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Is skin perfusion pressure a useful screening tool for peripheral arterial disease in patients on hemodialysis?

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boxed-textShimazaki M et al. (2007) Assessment of lower limb ischemia with measurement of skin perfusion pressure in patients on hemodialysis. Ther Apher Dial 11: 196–201

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  1. M Davis is a Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine and S Rajagopalan is the John Wolfe Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Director of the Section of Vascular Medicine and Co-Director of Cardiovascular MR and CT Imaging, at the Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.,

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Davis, M., Rajagopalan, S. Is skin perfusion pressure a useful screening tool for peripheral arterial disease in patients on hemodialysis?. Nat Rev Nephrol 3, 598–599 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0613

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