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Placental Vascular Calcification and Cardiovascular Health: It Is Time to Determine How Much of Maternal and Offspring Health Is Written in Stone

Vascular calcification is the deposition of calcium phosphate minerals in vascular tissue. Vascular calcification occurs by both active and passive processes. Extent and tissue-specific patterns of vascular calcification are predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The placenta is a hig...

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Autores principales: Wallingford, Mary C., Benson, Ciara, Chavkin, Nicholas W., Chin, Michael T., Frasch, Martin G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6090024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30131710
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01044