Nocturnal hypoxia is associated with elevated C-reactive protein in dialysis patients

NDT Plus

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 470-471

  Masuda, Takahiro ^a   Murata, Mitsunobu ^a   Honma, Sumiko ^b   Iwazu, Yoshitaka ^a,b   Ogura, Manabu ^a   Onishi, Akira ^a   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^a   Kusano, Eiji ^a   Asano, Yasushi ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Nephrology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 56749158651     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfn156     Document Type: Letter

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