The quest for a better understanding of chronic kidney disease complications: an update on uremic toxins
Chronic kidney disease is characterized by a progressive reduction of glomerular filtration rate and/or the appearance of proteinuria, and subsequently the progressive retention of organic waste compounds called uremic toxins (UT). Over the last decades, a large number of such compounds have been id...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
2014-04-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Nephrology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002014000200221&lng=en&tlng=en |