Bone metabolism and vascular calcification

Osteoporosis and atherosclerosis are chronic degenerative diseases which have been considered to be independent and whose common characteristic is increasing incidence with age. At present, growing evidence indicates the existence of a correlation between cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis, irr...

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Main Authors: C.F. Danilevicius, J.B. Lopes, R.M.R. Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2007-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000400001