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Clinical Trial
. 1975 Mar 22;1(5959):658-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5959.658.

Plasma immunoreactive beta-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and skin pigmentation in chronic renal failure

A G Smith, S Shuster, J S Comaish, N A Plummer, A J Thody, F Alvarez-Ude, D N Kerr
Clinical Trial

Plasma immunoreactive beta-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and skin pigmentation in chronic renal failure

A G Smith et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

Plasma immunoreactive beta-melanocyte stimulating hormone (beta-MSH) concentrations were greatly increased in patients with chronic renal failure. There was no correlation between the severity of the renal failure or the degree of pigmentation and the plasma beta-MSH levels.

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