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Described an artificial-kidney dialyser with a large exchange area and its early use as an extracorporeal method for removing diffusible substances from blood.
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The record is the six-author 1944 paper. It does not by itself establish durable survival benefit, modern dialysis practice or sole invention across all precursor and engineering work.
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- Kolff et al., The artificial kidney: a dialyser with a great area
- Kolff et al., The artificial kidney: a dialyser with a great area (publisher DOI)
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W. J. Kolff; H. T. Berk; M. ter Welle; A. J. van der Ley; E. C. van Dijk; J. van Noordwijk
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Kolff and colleagues: an artificial-kidney dialyser
Described an artificial-kidney dialyser with a large exchange area and its early use as an extracorporeal method for removing diffusible substances from blood.
Scientific scope
The record is the six-author 1944 paper. It does not by itself establish durable survival benefit, modern dialysis practice or sole invention across all precursor and engineering work.
Reading status
This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
W. J. Kolff; H. T. Berk; M. ter Welle; A. J. van der Ley; E. C. van Dijk; J. van Noordwijk
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.