Homoarginine and mortality in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.

Homoarginine and mortality in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Homoarginine, a precursor of nitric oxide, is an inverse predictor of death in dialysis patients and in subjects with cardiovascular disease and normal kidney function but its relationship with clinical outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients not yet on dialysis is unk...

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Main Authors: Pietro Ravani, Renke Maas, Fabio Malberti, Paola Pecchini, Maren Mieth, Robert Quinn, Giovanni Tripepi, Francesca Mallamaci, Carmine Zoccali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3762798?pdf=render

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