The role of fibroblast growth factor-23 in chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder
Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) was initially identified as the causative factor of autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets. Further studies confirmed that FGF23 is predominantly expressed in the osteocytes and osteoblasts of bone and that circulating FGF23 acts on the kidney to inhibit rena...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Medicin
2010
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-130339 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-7883-4 |