Acta medica Indonesiana
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Acta medica Indonesiana · Jan 2012
Cardiometabolic risk factors and acute kidney injury based on urinary neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGALu) in acute coronary syndrome patients.
to analyze the association between cardiometabolic risk factors and acute kidney injury (AKI) based on urinary neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGALu) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). ⋯ blood pressure and HDL were cardiometabolic risk factors associated with AKI in ACS patients. The more cardiometabolic factors existed in a person the greater the incidence of AKI.
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Acta medica Indonesiana · Jan 2012
Current status of phase I clinical trials in Asia: an academic perspectives.
Clinical trials increasingly occured in Asia during the past years as pharmaceutical industries embraced globalization in the clinical research fields. The trend is true with phase III clinical trials but not for early stage/phase I clinical trials in Asian countries is still under-represented. ⋯ The purpose of this paper is to give some perspectives addressing the problems in conducting phase I clinical trials. Improving collaboration and capacity building among the Asian countries is a solution that we proposed in order to increase the quality and quantity of phase I clinical trials in Asian countries.