Associations of Smoking with Alterations in Renal Hemodynamics May Depend on Sex- Investigations in Potential Kidney Donors

• Main Authors: Hana Guberina (Author), Marcus Baumann (Author), Heike Bruck (Author), Thorsten Feldkamp (Author), Jens Nürnberger (Author), Andreas Kribben (Author), Thomas Philipp (Author), Oliver Witzke (Author), Georgios Sotiropoulos (Author), Anna Mitchell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for renal damage, but little is known about subclinical effects of smoking on renal hemodynamics and parameters of renal function in humans. We examined the associations of smoking with systemic and renal hemodynamics and renal function parameters...