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Dilatation is usually the best treatment for stenosis of the arteriovenous hemodialysis fistula

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  1. Department of Vascular Radiology, Clinique Saint-Gatien, 8, Place de la Cathédrale, Tours 37042, France luc.turmel@wanadoo.fr

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  1. L Turmel-Rodrigues is an Interventional Radiologist in the Departments of Vascular Radiology at the Clinique Saint-Gatien, Tours and the Clinique Ambroise Paré, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.,

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Turmel-Rodrigues, L. Dilatation is usually the best treatment for stenosis of the arteriovenous hemodialysis fistula. Nat Rev Nephrol 4, 116–117 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0711

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