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Low prealbumin levels are independently associated with higher mortality in patients on peritoneal dialysis

BACKGROUND: Prealbumin, a sensitive marker for protein–energy status, is also known as an independent risk factor for mortality in hemodialysis patients. We investigated the impact of prealbumin on survival in incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. METHODS: In total, 136 incident PD patients (m...

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Autores principales: Lee, Kyung Hee, Cho, Jang-Hee, Kwon, Owen, Kim, Sang-Un, Kim, Ryang Hi, Cho, Young Wook, Jung, Hee-Yeon, Choi, Ji-Young, Kim, Chan-Duck, Kim, Yong-Lim, Park, Sun-Hee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5025473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27668161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.krcp.2016.06.002