The making of a bone in blood vessels: From the soft shell to the hard bone

Kidney International

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 533-534

  Fukagawa, M ^a   Kazama, J J ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ARTERY MEDIA; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BONE METABOLISM; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; HUMAN; MONCKEBERG MEDIAL CALCIFIC SCLEROSIS; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EID: 34548159446     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002440     Document Type: Note

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