Treatment of vascular calcification

Kidney International

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1376-1378

  O'Neill, W Charles ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREMIA;

ANIMALS; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; RENAL CIRCULATION; THIOSULFATES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 56549118882     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.502     Document Type: Note

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