Assessment of the efficacy of hemodialysis on uric acid clearance in a sub-Saharan African population at the end stage kidney disease

Assessment of the efficacy of hemodialysis on uric acid clearance in a sub-Saharan African population at the end stage kidney disease

Abstract Background Uricemia dramatically rises with the stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and correlates with its mortality. Hemodialysis (HD) being the most used treatment at the end stage in sub-Saharan Africa, we sought to evaluate its efficacy on the clearance of uric acid (UAc) when used a...

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Main Authors: Marie Doualla, Jan René Nkeck, Marie Patrice Halle, Félicité Kamdem, Aude Ingrid Agouak, Mickael Essouma, Yonathan Batchama Lobe, Gloria Ashuntantang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Chronic Kidney Disease
hyperuricemia
hemodialysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-020-02037-8

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