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Inflammation and premature aging in advanced chronic kidney disease [PDF]
Systemic inflammation in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is an established risk factor for mortality and a catalyst for other complications which are related to a premature aging phenotype, including muscle wasting, vascular calcification and other forms ...
Casper G. Schalkwijk+9 more
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Chronic kidney disease affects approximately 14.3% of people worldwide. Tubulointerstitial fibrosis is the final stage of almost all progressive CKD. To date, the pathogenesis of renal fibrosis remains unclear, and there is a lack of effective treatments,
Jialin Li+12 more
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Mite Fauna in Dried Fruits and Nuts in West Azerbaijan Province [PDF]
The production of dried fruits and nuts that are free of any pests increases their economic value. In the present study, mite fauna of dried fruits and nuts were investigated in West Azerbaijan province and 135 samples were collected from 12 types of ...
Fariba Ardeshir+2 more
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Background Impaired renal function was not a recognized indication for renal biopsy. The effects of receiving renal biopsy on the renal functional prognosis for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with impaired renal function need to be explored ...
Tianyi Zhang+8 more
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The effect of fluoride on enamel and dentin formation in the uremic rat incisor [PDF]
Renal impairment in children is associated with tooth defects that include enamel pitting and hypoplasia. However, the specific effects of uremia on tooth formation are not known.
A Al Nowaiser+28 more
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Clinical risk factors for peritoneal dialysis withdrawal at different dialysis duration
Background The duration of patients maintained on peritoneal dialysis (PD) varied. This study investigated the clinical risk factors for PD withdrawal at different dialysis duration.Methods Patients who initiated PD from 1994 to 2011 were recruited and ...
Weizhen Xie+6 more
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The development of dialysis was a dramatic step forward in medicine, allowing people who would soon have died because of lack of kidney function to remain alive for years. We have since found, however, that the "artificial kidney" does not live up fully to its name. Dialysis keeps patients alive but not well.
Thomas H. Hostetter+2 more
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Alkaline phosphatases in the complex chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorders [PDF]
Alkaline phosphatases (APs) remove the phosphate (dephosphorylation) needed in multiple metabolic processes (from many molecules such as proteins, nucleotides, or pyrophosphate). Therefore, APs are important for bone mineralization but paradoxically they
Aguilar, Armando+8 more
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l-Cysteine-modified dendritic fibrous nanosilica grafted by amine groups (Cys-DFNS-NH2) have been synthesized by a novel hydrothermal method. The N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms analysis on the Cys-DFNS-NH2 show that the average pore volume and ...
Nilufar Khantan+2 more
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Exploring metabolic dysfunction in chronic kidney disease [PDF]
Impaired kidney function and chronic kidney disease (CKD) leading to kidney failure and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a serious medical condition associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and in particular cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk ...
Slee, Adrian D.
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