Circulating Markers of Endothelial Dysfunction Interact With Proteinuria in Predicting Mortality in Renal Transplant Recipients

Autor: Ree, Rutger M. van, Oterdoom, Leendert H., Vries, Aiko P. J. de, Heide, Jaap J. Homan van der, Son, Willem J. van, Navis, Gerjan, Gans, Reinold O. B., Bakker, Stephan J. L.
Zdroj: Transplantation; December 2008, Vol. 86 Issue: 12 p1713-1719, 7p
Abstrakt: Proteinuria is associated with endothelial dysfunction (ED) and increased mortality. We investigated whether urinary protein excretion (UPE) is correlated with markers of ED and whether these markers affect the association of proteinuria with mortality in renal transplant recipients (RTR).
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