The association between mortality and abdominal aortic calcification and relation between its progression and serum calcium concentration in chronic hemodialysis patients
Background: The composite summary score (range, 0–24) of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) devised by Kauppila et al is a simple method of assessing AAC severity. However, few studies have been conducted to determine an optimal AAC cutoff score for the prediction of mortality or to investigate th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Korean Society of Nephrology
2014-06-01
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Series: | Kidney Research and Clinical Practice |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211913214000291 |