Abstract
The removal capacity of Al was compared among the various modes of hemopurification in 5 maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients who was intravenously administered DFO 30mg/kg after each dialysis session. The serum Al concentration was significantly increased from 39.6±20.5μg/l to 399.0±209.6μg/l 42 hours after loading of DFO. DFO loading decresed protein binding with Al from 84.9±8.7% to 21.1±9.8% and incresed the dialyzable Al which made a complex with DFO. The removal capacity of Al was following: DHP+PPHD>HDF>HF>HD.