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Obesity is not associated with contrast nephropathy

BACKGROUND: Exposure to radiocontrast media may result in acute kidney injury (AKI) or traditionally defined contrast nephropathy (CN), both of which may lead to increased morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of both these variants of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) may involve inflammatory...

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Autores principales: Jaipaul, Navin, Manalo, Rendell, Sadjadi, Seyed-Ali, McMillan, James
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2878954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20526376