Commentary Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/nephrology.2.007
Peritoneal Imaging may be the Last Piece of the Puzzle for Precision Evaluation of Peritoneal Function
Xiangwen Diao1,2, Xiao Yang1,*
- 1Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China
- 2Department of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China
Corresponding Author
Xiao Yang, PhD, yxiao@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Received Date: January 13, 2022
Accepted Date: February 09, 2022
Diao X, Yang X. Peritoneal Imaging may be the Last Piece of the Puzzle for Precision Evaluation of Peritoneal Function. Arch Nephrol Ren Stud. 2022;2(1):6-8.
Copyright: © 2022 Diao X, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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