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Vascular endothelial growth factor and soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 in patients with end-stage renal disease

Associations with laboratory findings, comorbidities, and medications

Ismail Erturk, Fatih Yesildal, Ramazan Acar, Taner Ozgurtas and Kenan Saglam
Saudi Medical Journal June 2018, 39 (6) 586-591; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.6.22024
Ismail Erturk
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Erturk, Acar, Saglam), Department of Biochemistry (Ozgurtas), University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, and Department of Medical Biochemistry (Yesildal), Istanbul Medeniyet University, Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Fatih Yesildal
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Erturk, Acar, Saglam), Department of Biochemistry (Ozgurtas), University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, and Department of Medical Biochemistry (Yesildal), Istanbul Medeniyet University, Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Ramazan Acar
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Erturk, Acar, Saglam), Department of Biochemistry (Ozgurtas), University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, and Department of Medical Biochemistry (Yesildal), Istanbul Medeniyet University, Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Taner Ozgurtas
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Erturk, Acar, Saglam), Department of Biochemistry (Ozgurtas), University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, and Department of Medical Biochemistry (Yesildal), Istanbul Medeniyet University, Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Kenan Saglam
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Erturk, Acar, Saglam), Department of Biochemistry (Ozgurtas), University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, and Department of Medical Biochemistry (Yesildal), Istanbul Medeniyet University, Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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