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Fig. 2 | Renal Replacement Therapy

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From: Suitability of α1-microglobulin reduction rate as a biomarker of removal efficiency of online hemodiafiltration: a retrospective cohort study

Fig. 2

Relationship between reduction rate of β2-MG and α1-MG. Since there is no correlation between β2-MG and α1-MG reduction rates, the advantages of OL-HDF cannot be evaluated with β2-MG reduction rate alone. As efficient removal of larger LMWPs is an objective of OL-HDF, efficiency tests that use α1-MG as a biomarker are necessary

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