Are low concentrations of serum triiodothyronine a good marker for long-term mortality in hemodialysis patients?

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-240

  Fernandez Reyes M J ^a   Diez, J J ^b   Collado, A ^c   Iglesias, P ^b   Bajo, M A ^c   Estrada, P ^c   Del Peso, G ^c   Heras, M ^a   Molina, A ^a   Selgas, R ^c  

^a Servicio de Nefrología H General Segovia   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Mortality in HD; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 77649249405     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP73238     Document Type: Article

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