Skin autofluorescence is associated with the progression of chronic kidney disease: a prospective observational study.

Skin autofluorescence is associated with the progression of chronic kidney disease: a prospective observational study.

BACKGROUND: Advanced glycation end product (AGE) accumulation is thought to be a measure of cumulative metabolic stress that has been reported to independently predict cardiovascular disease in diabetes and renal failure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between AGE accumulation...

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Main Authors: Kenichi Tanaka, Masaaki Nakayama, Makoto Kanno, Hiroshi Kimura, Kimio Watanabe, Yoshihiro Tani, Yuki Kusano, Hodaka Suzuki, Yoshimitsu Hayashi, Koichi Asahi, Keiji Sato, Toshio Miyata, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3861518?pdf=render

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