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Vascular calcification in patients with type 2 diabetes: the involvement of matrix Gla protein
BACKGROUND: Matrix Gla protein (MGP) is an important inhibitor of calcification. The objective of the present study of patients with type 2 diabetes and normal or slightly altered kidney function was to evaluate levels of inactive, dephospho-uncarboxylated MGP(dp-ucMGP) and total uncarboxylated MGP(...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4017083/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24762216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-13-85 |