Association of conjunctival and corneal calcification with vascular calcification in dialysis patients

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 550-556

  Seyahi, Nurhan ^a,b   Altiparmak, Mehmet R ^a   Kahveci, Arzu ^a   Yetik, Huseyin ^a   Kanberoglu, Kaya ^a   Serdengecti, Kamil ^a   Ataman, Rezzan ^a   Erek, Ekrem ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conjunctival calcification; Corneal calcification; Dialysis; Vascular calcification

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; CALCIFICATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HAND; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14844285333     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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