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Effect of a low-protein diet on chemiluminescence production by leukocytes from uremic patients
M Aparicio1, P Vincendeau, H Gin
1Maladies Médicales des Reins-Transplantation rénale, Hôpital Pellegrin-Tripode, Bordeaux, France.
Nephron
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Chemiluminescence (CL) emission from leukocytes was studied in 20 uremic patients after ingestion of opsonized zymosan. CL production was impaired when compared with control groups. Six months after a low-protein, low-phosphorus diet supplemented with essential amino acids and ketoanalogues (SD) was started, a significant improvement in CL production was observed. SD may be expected to decrease the susceptibility of uremic patients to bacterial infections.