Research Article: The Relationship Between Bone Metabolism and Peripheral Artery Disease in Patients on Hemodialysis: The Potential Role of Osteocalcin
Introduction:
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a chronic medical condition that is becoming more common worldwide and is associated with a poor outlook. – Recent study revealed that inflammation was associated with acute and chronic PAD as detected by neutrophils / lymphocyte ratio. Moreover, there were studies showed that inflammatory burden was increased as renal dysfunction progressed and predicted adverse clinical prognosis in hemodialysis patients. , Thus, the development of PAD seems to be related to renal dysfunction.…
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