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Neurological Aspects of Dialysis Patients

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Replacement of Renal Function by Dialysis

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Dialysis and transplantation greatly prolong the life of patients with chronic renal failure. Neurological problems in dialysis patients have slowly changed as complications have been recognized, studied and consequently prevented or treated. Reviews of the neurological complications of chronic renal disease from the early sixties stress problems which are not seen frequently today (1). Increased knowledge has slowly shifted the emphasis to prevention of such problems.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    William Drukker M.D. (Formerly Reader in Dialysis Emeritus Director) (Formerly Reader in Dialysis Emeritus Director)

  2. Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, St. Lucas Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    William Drukker M.D. (Formerly Reader in Dialysis Emeritus Director) (Formerly Reader in Dialysis Emeritus Director)

  3. 75 De Lairessestreet, 1071 NV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    William Drukker M.D. (Formerly Reader in Dialysis Emeritus Director) (Formerly Reader in Dialysis Emeritus Director)

  4. Renal Research Unit, Wellcome Wing, The General Infirmary at Leeds, LS1 3EX, Leeds, UK

    Frank M. Parsons B.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P. Ed. (Consultant Physician Senior Clinical Lecturer in Renal Medicine) (Consultant Physician Senior Clinical Lecturer in Renal Medicine)

  5. University of Leeds, UK

    Frank M. Parsons B.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P. Ed. (Consultant Physician Senior Clinical Lecturer in Renal Medicine) (Consultant Physician Senior Clinical Lecturer in Renal Medicine)

  6. Health Center, University of Connecticut, 06032, Farmington, CT, USA

    John F. Maher M.D., F.A.C.P. (Professor of Medicine, Director Division of Nephrology) (Professor of Medicine, Director Division of Nephrology)

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Tyler, H.R. (1979). Neurological Aspects of Dialysis Patients. In: Drukker, W., Parsons, F.M., Maher, J.F. (eds) Replacement of Renal Function by Dialysis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9327-3_33

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