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Lower serum magnesium is associated with vascular calcification in peritoneal dialysis patients: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is highly prevalent among dialysis patients and is associated with increased cardiovascular and all cause mortality. Magnesium (Mg) inhibits vascular calcification in animal and in-vitro studies but whether the same effect occurs in humans is uncertain...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382660/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28385153 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0549-y |