The case against routine screening for vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-282

  Goldsmith, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77955161035     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2010.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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