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Low levels of vitamin C in dialysis patients is associated with decreased prealbumin and increased C-reactive protein

BACKGROUND: Subclinical inflammation is a common phenomenon in patients on either continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) or maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). We hypothesized that vitamin C had anti-inflammation effect because of its electron offering ability. The current study was designed t...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Kunying, Liu, Li, Cheng, Xuyang, Dong, Jie, Geng, Qiuming, Zuo, Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3112084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21548917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-12-18