Low total vitamin C plasma level is a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1811-1818

  Deicher, Robert ^a   Ziai, Farzad ^a   Bieglmayer, Christian ^a   Schillinger, Martin ^a   Hörl, Walter H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOASSAY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART DEATH; HEART PROTECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 26944468004     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2004100850     Document Type: Article

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