Serum fetuin-A and aortic calcification in hemodialysis patients [13]

Kidney International

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2915-

  Odamaki, Mari ^a   Shibata, Tomomi ^a   Takita, Takako ^a   Kumagai, Hiromichi ^a,b  

^a University of Shizuoka ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ALBUMIN; FETUIN A; GLOBULIN; PREALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 32844455629     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00583_13.x     Document Type: Letter

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