TY - BOOK AU - Eman AboBaker Abdalazim AU - Hafez Mahmoud Bazaraa , AU - Hanan Ali Madani , AU - Mohammed Hesham Safouh , TI - Effect of on-line hemodiafiltration on serum tumor necrosis factor in pediatric hemodialysis patients / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Eman AboBaker Abdalazim , KW - Cytokines KW - ESRD KW - Hemodialysis N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Hemodiafiltration (HDF) is a form of renal replacement therapy. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is proinflammatory cytokine and has been reported to be elevated in adults with ESRD on hemodialysis. To compare TNF leves and dialytic change between conventional hemodialysis and on-line hemodiafiltration. The study included 2 groups of pediatric patients ({u227A}15 years of age) with ESRD; group 1 (n=16) treated with on-line HDF and group 11 (n=20) with conventional low-flux hemodialysis UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -