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Abdominal aortic calcification is not superior over other vascular calcification in predicting mortality in hemodialysis patients: a retrospective observational study
BACKGROUND: KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) guidelines recommend that a lateral abdominal radiograph should be performed to assess vascular calcification (VC) in dialysis patients. However, abdominal aortic calcification is a prevalent finding, and it remains unclear whether other...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3691830/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23738982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-14-120 |