Hepatocyte growth factor predicts survival and relates to inflammation and intima media thickness in end-stage renal disease

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 945-952

  Malatino, Lorenzo S ^a,b,c   Mallamaci, Francesca ^a,b,c   Benedetto, Francesco A ^a,b,c   Bellanuova, Ignazio ^a,b,c   Cataliotti, Alessandro ^a,b,c   Tripepi, Giovanni ^a,b,c   Zoccali, Carmine ^a,b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Morelli Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chronic renal failure; Cytokines; Dialysis; Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL TIME; THICKNESS;

EID: 0033753622     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2000.19087     Document Type: Article

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