Low Protein C in Hemodialysis Patients
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Blood Purification
- Vol. 2 (2) , 93-97
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000169318
Abstract
Protein C activity was studied in 14 hemodialysis patients and compared with 14 healthy, age- and sex-matched controls. Prior to dialysis, protein C activity was depressed in all patients (mean 0.43, range 0.24–0.68 versus mean 1.00, range 0.79–1.14). During dialysis, protein C activity rose but did not reach normal levels. The reduced protein C activity may play an important role in the altered hemostatic equilibrium in chronic hemodialysis.Keywords
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