What does the circulating AHSG/fetuin-A level tell us?

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-337

  Kazama, Junichiro James ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alfa 2 Heremans Schmid glycoprotein (AHSG) fetuin A; Ectopic calcification; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; FETUIN; FETUIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALNUTRITION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37249034345     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-007-0513-4     Document Type: Editorial

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