IGF-1 is an Independent Risk Factor for Anemia in Diabetic Pre-dialysis Patients
Do-Hyoung Kim, Tae-Young Kim, Sun-Min Kim, Soo-Jeong Yoo, Dong-Jin Oh, Suk-Hee Yu
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(3):186-191. Published online September 30, 2007
BackgroundWe investigated whether the presence of diabetes mellitus (DM) was related to the degree of the anemia in predialytic patients with renal failure and what was the most relevant factor for anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) from DM (DM-CKD).
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