Kidney failure and the gut: p-cresol and the dangers from within

Kidney International

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 952-953

  Ketteler, M ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ALBUMIN; AST 120; PARA CRESOL; SEVELAMER;

BLOOD LEVEL; COLON; DIALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UREMIA;

EID: 33644866710     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000236     Document Type: Note

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