Prevalence of malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome and its correlation with thyroid hormones in chronic haemodialysis patients

Introduction: Low levels of thyroid hormones, total triiodothyronine (T3) and free triiodothyronine (FT3) in haemodialysis patients are a marker of malnutrition and inflammation and are predictors of mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of malnutrition-inflammation comple...

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Main Authors: Venice Chávez Valencia, Oliva Mejía Rodríguez, Martha Eva Viveros Sandoval, Juan Abraham Bermúdez, Sergio Gutiérrez Castellanos, Citlalli Orizaga de la Cruz, Martha Alicia Roa Córdova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Nefrología (English Edition)
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2013251417302092