Oxidative Stress and Nucleic Acid Oxidation in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have high cardiovascular mortality and morbidity and a high risk for developing malignancy. Excessive oxidative stress is thought to play a major role in elevating these risks by increasing oxidative nucleic acid damage. Oxidative stress results from an imb...

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Main Authors: Chih-Chien Sung, Yu-Chuan Hsu, Chun-Chi Chen, Yuh-Feng Lin, Chia-Chao Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/301982