Plasma renalase as a biomarker of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery

Background Renal ischemia/reperfusion injury is a major cause of acute renal failure. The lack of validated early biomarkers for predicting acute kidney injury (AKI) has hampered our ability to initiate potentially preventive and therapeutic measures in an opportune way. We tested the hypothesis tha...

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Main Authors: Ihab A Ibrahim, Hossam A Sayed, Amal A Mohammed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-01-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.esim.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-7782;year=2016;volume=28;issue=3;spage=91;epage=98;aulast=Ibrahim