Natural history of vascular calcification in dialysis and transplant patients
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- 13 July 2004
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
- Vol. 19 (9) , 2387-2393
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfh303
Abstract
Background. The purpose of the present study was to determine the natural history of coronary artery and aorta calcification by spiral computed tomography (CT) in patients who undergo a renal transplant and patients on haemodialysis.Keywords
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