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Association between blood cadmium levels and malnutrition in peritoneal dialysis

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular death and may cause protein-energy wasting in individuals with chronic kidney disease. A previous study demonstrated that blood cadmium levels (BCLs) were associated with malnutrition in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) pa...

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Autores principales: Hsu, Ching-Wei, Lin, Ja-Liang, Lin-Tan, Dan-Tzu, Huang, Wen-Hung, Chen, Kuan-Hsing, Yen, Tzung-Hai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24428882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-15-17