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Kidney Failure

Research on kidney failure reported by scientists at Banaras Hindu University

Published in Hematology Week, January 19th, 2009

"Beta-2-microglobulin (beta 2M) is a light chain of HLA class I molecule, which is filtered by glomerulus, reabsorbed and catabolised by proximal tubule. It is one of the markers of transplant rejection," investigators in Varanasi, India report.

"The aim of the present study was to find out the level of beta 2M in acute renal failure (ARF), chronic renal failure (CRF), renal transplant rejection (TR) and renal transplantation stable (TS) cases, and correlation of beta 2M with serum creatinine (SCr) in assessing renal failure. 23 patients with ARF, 22 patients with CRF, six cases of TR, seven patients with TS, and 28 normal healthy controls were studied within a one-year...

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