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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Autores principales: Molnar, Amber O., Biyani, Mohan, Hammond, Ian, Harmon, John Paul, Lavoie, Susan, McCormick, Brendan, Sood, Manish M., Wagner, Jessica, Pena, Elena, Zimmerman, Deborah L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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