Study of serum sclerostin levels and its role in vascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease

Study of serum sclerostin levels and its role in vascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease

Objective The aim of this work was to study serum sclerostin levels in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) not on dialysis and those on regular hemodialysis and its role in vascular calcification. Background CKD, whether starting hemodialysis (HD) or not, is associated with an increase in the...

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Main Authors: Ahmed R Elarbagy, Yassein S Yassein, Mahmoud M Emara, Ahmed A Sonbol, Khaled M Zorkaney, Amera A Sharaf El Deen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-01-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
Subjects:
abdominal aortic calcification
aortic valve calcification
chronic kidney disease
sclerostin
vascular calcification
Online Access:http://www.esim.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-7782;year=2019;volume=31;issue=4;spage=813;epage=821;aulast=Elarbagy

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