Decreased serum retinol is associated with increased mortality in renal transplant recipients

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1841-1846

  Connolly, Grainne M ^a   Cunningham, Ronan ^b   Maxwell, A Peter ^b   Young, Ian S ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RETINOL;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM; VITAMIN A;

EID: 34848816822     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.084699     Document Type: Article

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