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membrane offers excellent clinical renal failure MMA Membrane; More Efficient for the Elimination of Large Molecular Weight Substances. It is suggested that pathogenic substances, such as erythro- poiesis inhibitory factors1 "17), substances related to bone dis- ease51, immunosuppressive factors61 etc, exist in the large mo- lecular weight range from 50,000 to 1,000,000 daltons. The large molecular weight substances, however, are not re- moved in conventional HD treatment so as not to lose exces- sive albumin. With that in mind, Toray developed the BK-F series to have a larger pore size than...

ng-term Multicenter Clinical Evaluation BK-F dialyzers remove f32 - microglobulin, which is con- sidered to be one of the pathogenic substances of amyloidosis, as our conventional BK-U and -P series It has been reported in the long-term multicenter studies both at home and abroad with the BK series that it is effective in preventing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in long-term dialysis patients and in improving itching11', joint pain, bone cysts10', etc. Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) membranes are less complement activating, have less reduction in neu- trophil counts, and do little damage to...

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