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Observational studyScience progress

Effectiveness of AST-120 and probiotics (

Chang Chi-Hsien, Shang-Feng Tsai

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Observational study in Science progress. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Chang Chi-HsienDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Shang-Feng TsaiDepartment of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6119-0587

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ObjectiveChronic kidney disease (CKD) progression has been associated with the accumulation of protein-bound uremic toxins (PBUTs), such as indoxyl sulfate and p-cresyl sulfate. AST-120, an oral carbon adsorbent, and probiotics (e.g.,

Indexed as

CarbonLactobacillusOxidesProbioticsRenal Insufficiency, ChronicAgedDisease ProgressionFemaleGlomerular Filtration RateHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesUremic ToxinsAST 120CarbonOxidesUremic ToxinsAST-120chronic kidney diseasepropensity score matchingprotein-bound uremic toxinsreal-world evidence

Identifiers

PMID42439406
PMCPMC13365694

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