Association between serum visfatin and carotid atherosclerosis in diabetic and non-diabetic patients on maintenance hemodialysis

INTRODUCTION: Adipose tissue releases bioactive factors termed adipokines. Visfatin is an adipokine that plays an active role promoting vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between serum visfatin levels and carotid atherosclerosis in d...

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Autores principales: El-Shishtawy, Samia Hassan, Mosbah, Osama, Sherif, Nevine, Metwaly, Amna, Hanafy, Amr, Kamel, Laila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Electronic physician 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4821312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27054006
http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/1966

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