Urinary monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) in leprosy patients: increased risk for kidney damage

BACKGROUND: We aimed to evaluate urinary MCP-1 and oxidative stress through urinary malondialdehyde (MDA) in leprosy and correlate them with traditional, but less sensitive markers of renal disease. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of 44 patients with diagnosis of leprosy and no previous tre...

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Main Authors: Meneses, Gdayllon Cavalcante, Libório, Alexandre Braga, de Daher, Elizabeth Francesco, da Silva, Geraldo Bezerra, da Costa, Marcus Felipe Bezerra, Pontes, Maria Araci Andrade, Martins, Alice Maria Costa
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158081/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25142123
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-451
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