Serum Coenzyme Q10 in Uremic Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis

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In a group of 48 chronic hemodialysis patients, serum levels of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ) have been measured and appeared abnormally low in 62% of cases. Figures were positively correlated to those of serum vitamin E (vit E), although the latter were within a normal range. The chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients with normal serum values of CoQ exhibited higher blood triglycerides. Pathologically low levels of serum vit E were found only in uremic subjects on conservative regimen with dietary restrictions and low compliance to protein-caloric intake. The reduced CoQ levels may contribute to the defective serum antioxidant activity and the increased peroxidative damage in uremic patients on CHD.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEF

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Nephron

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1660-8151

Title: Nephron

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 1660-8151

ISSN (Electronic): 2235-3186

Publication date Subscription-year: 1994

Publication date (Print): 1994

Publication date (Electronic): 16 December 2008

Volume: 66

Issue: 2

Pages: 153-156

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^aIstituto di Clinica Medica, ^bIstituto di Chimica e Chimica Clinica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia

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Publisher ID: 187793 Other ID: Nephron 1994;66:153–156

DOI: 10.1159/000187793

PubMed ID: 8139734

SO-VID: 78e182fc-c813-4c52-87fe-11fbbb389c92

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Date accepted : 12 March 1993

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