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High Dephosphorylated-Uncarboxylated MGP in Hemodialysis patients: risk factors and response to vitamin K(2), A pre-post intervention clinical trial

BACKGROUND: Vascular calcifications are highly prevalent in hemodialysis patients. Dephosphorylated-uncarboxylated MGP (dp-ucMGP) was found to increase in vitamin K-deficient patients and may be associated with vascular calcifications. Supplementation of hemodialysis patients with vitamin K(2) (mena...

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Autores principales: Aoun, Mabel, Makki, Maha, Azar, Hiba, Matta, Hiam, Chelala, Dania Nehme
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/PMC5463325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0609-3