Coronary Artery Calcifications in Hemodialysis Patients and Their Correlation With the Prevalence of Erectile Dysfunction

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-80

  Inci, K ^a   Hazirolan, T ^a   Aki, F T ^a   Oruc, O ^a   Tombul, T ^a   Tasar, C ^a   Erkan, I ^a   Bakkaloglu, M ^a   Turgan, C ^a   Ergen, A ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38749111793     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.11.046     Document Type: Article

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