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Chronic Kidney Disease: Vascular Calcification, Vitamin D, and Patient Survival
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Title Chronic Kidney Disease: Vascular Calcification, Vitamin D, and Patient Survival
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/566563?src=rss
Description The effects of vitamin D analogues on renin suppression could explain the apparent survival advantage for dialysis patients treated with vitamin D analogues.
Medscape Nephrology
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Nov 29, 2007
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