Calcimimetics, parathyroid hormone, and vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease

Kidney International

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1229-1231

  Coen, Giorgio ^a  

^a Piazza San Bartolomeo All'Isola 21   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CINACALCET; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOPONTIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 55249116311     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.417     Document Type: Note

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