Effect of treatment with Omega-3 fatty acids on C-reactive protein and tumor necrosis factor-alfa in hemodialysis patients

C-reactive protein (CRP), a strong independent risk marker of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and tumor necrosis factor-alfa (TNF-α), a known pro-inflammatory cytokine, are elevated and have damaging effects in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). Omega-3 fatty acids play an important modulatory...

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Hauptverfasser: Hamid Tayyebi-Khosroshahi, Jalil Houshyar, Reza Dehgan-Hesari, Hosein Alikhah, Amir-Mansour Vatankhah, Abdol-Rasoul Safaeian, Neda Razzagi Zonouz
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Schriftenreihe:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Zugang:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2012;volume=23;issue=3;spage=500;epage=506;aulast=Tayyebi-Khosroshahi