Coronary artery calcification progression and cardiovascular events in renal transplant recipients, bad inheritance from previous kidney disease: Commentary on the study of Roe et al.

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 390-391

  Santos, Raul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chronic kidney disease; Coronary calcification; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INHERITANCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957716902     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.05.036     Document Type: Note

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