Calcification or classification?

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-295

  Chertow, Glenn M ^a,c   Moe, Sharon M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHORUS;

B SCAN; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MINERAL METABOLISM; MORTALITY; MUSCLE CELL; OSTEOBLAST; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; BLOOD; CALCINOSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; METABOLISM; NOTE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PHOSPHORUS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 20544449435     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2004121115     Document Type: Editorial

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