Significant Association Between Bone-Specific Alkaline Phosphatase and Vascular Calcification of the Hand Arteries in Male Hemodialysis Patients

• Main Authors: Eiji Ishimura (Author), Senji Okuno (Author), Hisanori Okazaki (Author), Kyoko Norimine (Author), Kenjiro Yamakawa (Author), Tomoyuki Yamakawa (Author), Shigeichi Shoji (Author), Yoshiki Nishizawa (Author), Masaaki Inaba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP) hydrolyzes pyrophosphate, which inhibits vascular calcification. We examined association between serum BAP and vascular calcification of male hemodialysis patients. Methods: Hand roentgenography of 167 male maintenance hemodialysis patients w...