Urinary Creatinine Excretion Reflecting Muscle Mass is a Predictor of Mortality and Graft Loss in Renal Transplant Recipients

Autor: Oterdoom, Leendert H., Ree, Rutger M. van, Vries, Aiko P. J. de, Gansevoort, Ron T., Schouten, Jan P., Son, Willem J. van, Heide, Jaap J. Homan van der, Navis, Gerjan, Jong, Paul E. de, Gans, Reinold O. B., Bakker, Stephan J. L.
Zdroj: Transplantation; August 2008, Vol. 86 Issue: 3 p391-398, 8p
Abstrakt: Insulin resistance has been implicated to underlie both excess cardiovascular disease and chronic transplant dysfunction after renal transplantation. Skeletal muscle mainly determines peripheral insulin resistance, and could therefore affect outcome.
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