The effects of super-flux (high performance) dialyzer on plasma glycosylated pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (proBNP) and glycosylated N-Terminal proBNP in end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis.

The effects of super-flux (high performance) dialyzer on plasma glycosylated pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (proBNP) and glycosylated N-Terminal proBNP in end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis.

BACKGROUND: Plasma BNP levels are predictive of prognosis in hemodialysis patients. However, recent studies showed that the current BNP immunoassay cross-reacts with glycosylated proBNP, and the NT-proBNP assay underestimates glycosylated NT-proBNP. In addition, the recently developed high performan...

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Main Authors: Yasuaki Nakagawa, Toshio Nishikimi, Koichiro Kuwahara, Shinji Yasuno, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Yoshihiro Kuwabara, Kazuhiro Nakao, Takeya Minami, Chinatsu Yamada, Kenji Ueshima, Yoshihiro Ikeda, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Kazukiyo Horii, Kiyoshi Nagata, Kenji Kangawa, Naoto Minamino, Kazuwa Nakao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3965412?pdf=render

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