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Higher Serum Levels of Free ĸ plus λ Immunoglobulin Light Chains Ameliorate Survival of Hemodialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Florian Thilo,
Christina Caspari,
Alexandra Scholze,
Martin Tepel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
kidney and blood pressure research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.806
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1423-0143
pISSN - 1420-4096
DOI - 10.1159/000328322
Subject(s) - hemodialysis , medicine , interquartile range , immunoglobulin light chain , proportional hazards model , gastroenterology , antibody , univariate analysis , renal function , kidney disease , immunoglobulin g , immunology , multivariate analysis
Impaired immune function is common in patients with chronic renal failure. Now, we determined whether serum levels of free immunoglobulin light chains predict mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5 on hemodialysis.

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