Blood monocyte count is a predictor of total and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kato, Akihiko ^a   Takita, Takako ^b   Furuhashi, Mitsuyoshi ^b   Maruyama, Yukitaka ^b   Kumagai, Hiromichi ^b   Hishida, Akira ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Lymphocyte, total; Monocyte count; Mortality; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54949085421     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167871     Document Type: Article

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