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Mitochondrial DNA injury and mortality in hemodialysis patients.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Jan 2009
Rao Madhumathi, Li Lijun, Demello Caren, Guo Daqing, Jaber Bertrand L, Pereira Brian J G, Balakrishnan Vaidyanathapuram S
Abstract excerpt
The role of mitochondrial injury in the pathogenesis of complications of uremia is incompletely defined, although diminished bioenergetic capacity and the accumulation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations have been reported. This study was undertaken to evaluate the prevalence of mtDNA injury in 180 patients who had ESRD and were enrolled into the baseline phase of the HEMO study and to relate these markers to...
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