Endotoxemia is Related to Systemic Inflammation and Atherosclerosis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Background and objectives: Systemic inflammatory state is a hallmark of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, but its etiology remains obscure. Because circulating microbial products are an important cause of systemic immune activation in other conditions such as HIV infection, it was hypothesized that...

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Main Authors: Szeto, Cheuk-Chun, Kwan, Bonnie Ching-Ha, Chow, Kai-Ming, Lai, Ka-Bik, Chung, Kwok-Yi, Leung, Chi-Bon, Li, Philip Kam-Tao
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of Nephrology 2008
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Dialysis
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2390956/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18256376
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.03600807
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