Mesna for Treatment of Hyperhomocysteinemia in Hemodialysis Patients: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized Trial
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Mesna for treatment of hyperhomocysteinemia in hemodialysis patients: a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized trial.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Increased plasma total homocysteine is a graded, independent risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis and thrombosis. More than 90% of patients with end-stage renal disease have hyperhomocysteinemia despite vitamin supplementation. It was shown in previous studies that a single intravenous dose of mesna 5 mg/kg caused a drop in plasma total homocysteine that ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1555-9041,1555-905X
DOI: 10.2215/cjn.04771107