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Possible pathologic involvement of receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) for development of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis in Japanese CAPD patients.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Dec 2004
Numata M, Nakayama M, Hosoya T, Hoff C M, Holmes C J, Schalling M, Nordfors L, Lindholm B
Abstract excerpt
Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a serious complication of PD. The cause(s) of EPS are unknown but may include peritonitis and long duration of PD treatment. However, EPS may also develop in some patients without a history of peritonitis or with rather short duration of PD therapy. It has been suggested that an increasing peritoneal solute transport rate (PSTR) as a function of time on PD treatment is...
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