Open AccessCirculating cell-free DNA in hemodialysis patients predicts mortality
Author(s) -
David Tovbin,
Victor Novack,
Maya Wiessman,
Amir Abd Elkadir,
Moshe Zlotnik,
Amos Douvdevani
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfs255
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , cell free fetal dna , intensive care medicine , oncology , genetics , pregnancy , fetus , prenatal diagnosis , biology
Circulating cell-free DNA (CFD) appears following cell damage and DNA release, and increases in hemodialysis (HD) patients particularly following HD. We hypothesized that CFD is an integrative marker of tissue damage and can be an independent predictor for all-cause mortality in HD patients.
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