Low Serum Concentration of Obestatin as a Predictor of Mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

Obestatin, a proposed anorexigenic gut hormone, has been shown to have a number of beneficial cardiotropic effects in experimental studies. We hypothesized that obestatin alteration in hemodialysis patients may link to clinical outcomes. This cross-sectional study with prospective followup for almos...

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Main Authors: Ilia Beberashvili, Inna Sinuani, Ada Azar, Hadas Kadoshi, Gregory Shapiro, Leonid Feldman, Judith Sandbank, Zhan Averbukh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/796586