Correction of Serum Leptin after Successful Kidney Transplantation
Praveen Kumar Kolla, Madhav Desai, Ram Mohan Pathapati, Sujith Tumkur Rajashekar & K. Ramalingam · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014
Introduction: Serum leptin levels are increased in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients primarily due to decreased clearance by kidneys. As leptin is a 16 Kda protein, it is also not cleared even by dialysis using conventional dialyzers or by continuous ambulatory peritoneal dia...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5598