Circulating osteoprotegerin is associated with chronic kidney disease in hypertensive patients

BACKGROUND: Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a glycoprotein that plays an important regulatory role in the skeletal, vascular, and immune system. It has been shown that OPG predicts chronic kidney disease (CKD) in diabetic patients. We hypothesized that OPG could be a risk marker of CKD development also in...

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Autores principales: Bernardi, Stella, Toffoli, Barbara, Bossi, Fleur, Candido, Riccardo, Stenner, Elisabetta, Carretta, Renzo, Barbone, Fabio, Fabris, Bruno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5500921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28683789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0625-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5500921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28683789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0625-3

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