Plasma Proenkephalin and Poor Long-Term Outcome in Renal Transplant Recipients

Background. Proenkephalin (pro-ENK), a stable and reliable surrogate marker for unstable enkephalins, was found to be associated with acute kidney injury and chronic renal failure in previous studies. We aimed to investigate whether pro-ENK is linked to chronic kidney injury and poor long-term outco...

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Main Authors: Lyanne M. Kieneker, MSc, Oliver Hartmann, MSc, Joachim Struck, PhD, Andreas Bergmann, PhD, Ron T. Gansevoort, MD, PhD, Michel M. Joosten, PhD, Else van den Berg, MD, PhD, Rudolf A. de Boer, MD, PhD, Stephan J.L. Bakker, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-08-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000700