Elevated Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 is a Risk Factor for Kidney Transplant Loss and Mortality

Wolf, Myles; Z. Molnar, Miklos; P. Amaral, Ansel; E. Czira, Maria; Rudas, Anna; Újszászi, Ákos; Kiss, István; Rosivall, László; P. Kósa, János; Lakatos, P.; P. Kövesdy, Csaba; Mucsi, István

doi:10.1681/asn.2010080894

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Elevated Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 is a Risk Factor for Kidney Transplant Loss and Mortality

Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology • Mar 24, 2011

Authors:

Myles Wolf

Miklos Z. Molnar

Ansel P. Amaral

Abstract

An increased circulating level of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is an independent risk factor for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD), but its role in transplant allograft and patient survival is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that increased FG...

Subject

Medicine

Fibroblast growth factor 23

Hazard ratio

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