Higher mineralized bone volume is associated with a lower plain X-Ray vascular calcification score in hemodialysis patients.

In dialysis patients, there is an increasing evidence that altered bone metabolism is associated with cardiovascular calcifications. The main objective of this study was to analyse, in hemodialysis patients, the relationships between bone turnover, mineralization and volume, evaluated in bone biopsi...

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Main Authors: Teresa Adragao, Anibal Ferreira, Joao M Frazao, Ana Luisa Papoila, Iola Pinto, Marie-Claude Monier-Faugere, Hartmut H Malluche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5501435?pdf=render

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