Association between serum visfatin and carotid atherosclerosis in diabetic and non-diabetic patients on maintenance hemodialysis.
Journal Title: Electronic Physician - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Adipose tissue releases bioactive factors termed adipokines. Visfatin is an adipokine that plays an active role promoting vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between serum visfatin levels and carotid atherosclerosis in diabetic and non-diabetic patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) in order to clarify the role of serum visfatinas, a risk factor for cardiovascular complications in HD patients.
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Samia Hassan El-Shishtawy, Osama Mosbah, Nevine Sherif, Amna Metwaly, Amr Hanafy, Laila Kamel
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