The importance of homocysteine levels in the prognosis of patients with chronic renal disease and in hemodialysis patients

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Bruna M. Martella (Author), Glaucia Raquel L. Veiga (Author), Beatriz C. A. Alves (Author), Ligia A. Azzalis (Author), Virginia B. C. Junqueira (Author), Flavia S. Gehrkei (Author), Fernando Luiz A. Fonseca (Author), Marcelo R. Bacci (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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ABSTRACT Introduction: Homocysteine (Hcy) is one of the metabolites of methionine (Met), an essential diet-derived amino acid. There is a close relationship between high plasma Hcy levels and declining renal function. Plasma and urinary Hcy level has been the target of studies as a biomarker that fo...