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Do plasma ANP and BNP levels predict long-term survival in hemodialysis patients?
Do plasma ANP and BNP levels predict long-term survival in hemodialysis patients?
Pre-dialysis BNP, but not ANP, is an important prognostic marker for 13-year survival in hemodialysis patients, though it is not independent of age and serum albumin.
BNP may aid hemodialysis prognosis but is not independent; leaves open incremental value beyond age and albumin in prospective studies.
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Teranishi et al. (2006) studied this question.
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