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Unexpected restoration of an arteriovenous graft function: the significance of vascular access surveillance

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  1. Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, Mezourlo Hill, 41110, Larissa, Greece

    Theodoros Eleftheriadis, Vassilios Liakopoulos & Ioannis Stefanidis

  2. Department of Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

    Christos Rountas & Georgios Karagiorgas

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Eleftheriadis, T., Rountas, C., Karagiorgas, G. et al. Unexpected restoration of an arteriovenous graft function: the significance of vascular access surveillance. CEN Case Rep 9, 291–293 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13730-020-00460-2

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