Vascular Calcification in Uremia: What Is New and Where Are We Going?

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-419

  Al Aly, Ziyad ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Metabolic acidosis; Tumor necrosis factor ; Uremia; Vascular calcification; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; IBANDRONIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; UREMIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UREMIA; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 52049097061     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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