Plasma concentrations of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone are elevated in patients on chronic haemodialysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1212-1216

  Airaghi, Lorena ^a   Garofalo, Letizia ^a   Cutuli, Maria Grazia ^a   Delgado, René ^a   Carlin, Andrea ^a   Demitri, Maria Teresa ^a   Badalamenti, Salvatore ^b   Graziani, Giorgio ^b   Lipton, James M ^c   Catania, Anna ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Clinicizzato Humanitas   (Italy)

^c Zengen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Interleukin 6; Neopterin; Nitric oxide; Tumour necrosis factor ; melanocyte stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEOPTERIN; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0033915941     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.8.1212     Document Type: Article

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