Population
55 clinically stable peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May link inflammation to anorexia in peritoneal dialysis; leaves open causal role or therapeutic targeting of TNF-alpha/NPY.
In peritoneal dialysis patients, high TNF-alpha and low NPY serum levels are associated with anorexia and poor nutritional status.
A Aguilera (1998) studied this question.
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