SURROGATE MARKERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN NONDIABETIC CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: MEAN PLATELET VOLUME AND B-THROMBOGLOBULIN

Demırtunc R., Ulukoylu-Menguc M., Karatoprak C., Kayatas K., Ozkan S.

ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA, vol.30, no.4, pp.929-933, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Journal Name: ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.929-933
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aims: To investigate the levels of mean platelet volume (MPV) and beta-thromboglobulin (beta-TG), two of platelet activation markers, in non-diabetic patients in different stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD), who were receiving or not receiving hemodialysis.