Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 113-115 , April 2007

A Simplified Circuit of Modified Ultrafiltration

Received 11 May 2006 ,Revised 23 September 2006 ,Accepted 1 October 2006.

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PII: S1443-9506(06)00232-0

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.10.003

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 113-115 , April 2007

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