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Affiliation
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA.; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Health System, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.; Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Nephrology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Authors
Lo Joan C, Beck Gerald J, Kaysen George A, Chan Christopher T, Kliger Alan S, Rocco Michael V, Li Minwei, Chertow Glenn M
Studies
Abstract
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is associated with perturbations in thyroid hormone concentrations and an increased prevalence of hypothyroidism. Few studies have examined the effects of hemodialysis dose or frequency on endogenous thyroid function.