Alpha-klotho and peritoneal membrane status: A hypothesis generating study.

Patrícia BrancoAna Rita MartinsRita CalçaCatarina MateusMaria João JervisAnabela RodriguesSofia Azeredo LopesEster CivantosSebastian Mas-FontaoAugusta GasparSância RamosJudit MorelloDaniel Pinto GomesSofia Azeredo Pereira

Published in: European journal of clinical investigation (2022)

Before the start of dialysis in incident patients, some patients already present fibrosis of the peritoneal membrane and other patients do not. Our findings suggest that α-Klotho may be implicated in fibrosis of the peritoneal membrane.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors