Journal Watch - Vasculopathy
Blood Vessel Damage Key to Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis (EPS)
A study evaluated tissue samples from 174 PD patients with EDS and had used either conventional or neutral pH, low glucose degradation product PD solution. The conventional PD solution group had less angiogenesis but more severe blood vessel damage (P <0.001) and a higher rate of EPS relapse. Blood vessel damage was milder in the neutral pH group.
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