The variability and accurate assessment of microinflammation in haemodialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 150-157

  Tsirpanlis, George ^a,c   Bagos, Pantelis ^a   Ioannou, Dimitris ^a   Bleta, Aliki ^a   Marinou, Ioanna ^b   Lagouranis, Antonis ^a   Chatzipanagiotou, Stylianos ^b   Nicolaou, Chrysoula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Cardiovascular disease; Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Longitudinal study; Serum amyloid A

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RELIABILITY; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEINS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

EID: 0347917080     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg486     Document Type: Article

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