Assessment of Depression and Its Correlation with Serum Levels of Interleukin-6 in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis
Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in patients on hemodialysis. An imbalance between proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines is thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of depression in patients on dialysis. We undertook this study to assess the correlations of the proinfla...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2023-03-01
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Series: | Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation |
Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/1319-2442.397201 |