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Evaluation of the relationship between muscle mass and serum myostatin levels in chronic hemodialysis patients

Derya Koyun; Gokhan Nergizoglu; Kemal Metin Kir · 2018 · Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation

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Abstract

The loss of muscle mass and cachexia is commonly seen in hemodialysis (HD) patients and contribute to morbidity and mortality. The exact mechanism of this fact is multifactorial and still unclear. Myostatin, a transforming growth factor-ß family ligand, is released from the skeletal and heart muscle and may be responsible for muscle degradation and atrophy. The aim of this study is evaluation of the relationship between muscle mass and serum myostatin level in chronic HD patients. One hundred and forty HD patients (79 males, 28 diabetic, mean age; 53.96 ± 13.6) were included in this cross-sect

Abstract by Derya Koyun; Gokhan Nergizoglu; Kemal Metin Kir, Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation (2018) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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