TY - BOOK AU - Samir Mohammed Yehia Alsenafy AU - Mohamed Aly Kassem , AU - Moustafa Mahmoud Noshy , TI - A clinical study on certain statins in hemodialysis patients / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Samir Mohammed Yehia Alsenafy , KW - C-reactive protein KW - Hemodialysis KW - Simvastatin N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Pharmacy - Department of Pharmaceutics; Issued also as CD N2 - Cardiovascular mortality remains the leading cause of death in hemodialysis patients. Inflammation has a role in the development of accelerated atherosclerosis, vascular calcification, malnutrition and anemia. The pleiotropic effect of statins in reducing chronic inflammatory processes of patients undergoing hemodialysis can reduce cardiovascular mortality in dialysis population ER -