Elevated Serum Interleukin-18 Level Is Associated with All-Cause Mortality in Stable Hemodialysis Patients Independently of Cardiac Dysfunction

BACKGROUND: High circulating interleukin (IL)-18 level predicts a higher hospitalization rate among dialysis patients, possibly through cardiovascular mechanisms; however, whether higher IL-18 level is associated with mortality in dialysis patients is less clear. In addition, its impacts on left ven...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yen-Wen, Su, Chi-Ting, Chang, Yu-Tzu, Tsai, Wei-Chuan, Su, Yu-Ru, Wang, Saprina P. H., Yang, Chun-Shin, Tsai, Liang-Miin, Chen, Jyh-Hong, Sung, Junne-Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24599060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089457

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