Whole blood serotonin levels in chronic renal failure.
Whole blood serotonin levels were investigated in a control group (n = 35) and in a group of chronic renal failure patients (n = 127) on various treatment regimen i.e. conservative treatment (n = 39), maintenance haemodialysis (n = 35) and after renal transplantation (n = 53). The whole blood serotonin levels, as determined by high performance liquid chromatography, were significantly lower in the chronic renal failure patients than in the control group (p = 0.0001). Whole blood serotonin levels were significantly lower in the white subjects than in the black subjects of the study (p = 0.0001).
Steyn
M E
ME
Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria.
Viljoen
M
M
Ubbink
J B
JB
van Rensburg
B W
BW
Reinach
S G
SG
D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012701:Serotonin / Q000097:blood*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D044465:White People
D012701:Serotonin