Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 817-824 , September 2008

Comparison of segmental with whole-body impedance measurements in peritoneal dialysis patients

  • Lexa Nescolarde

      Affiliations

    • Electronic Engineering Department, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Jordi Girona 1-3 Edifici C4, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord, c/ Jordi Girona, 1-3 Edifici C4, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +34 93 401 6526; fax: +34 93 401 6756.
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  • Teresa Doñate

      Affiliations

    • Nephrology Service, Puigvert Foundation, Cartagena 340-350, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
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  • Antonio Piccoli

      Affiliations

    • Medical and Surgical Science Department, Nephrology Clinic, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
    • ,
  • Javier Rosell

      Affiliations

    • Electronic Engineering Department, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Jordi Girona 1-3 Edifici C4, 08034 Barcelona, Spain

Received 13 March 2007 ,Revised 20 September 2007 ,Accepted 20 September 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00160-9

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.09.002

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 817-824 , September 2008

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