Assessment of fibroblast growth factor 23 in relation to peripheral arterial disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus

• Main Authors: Mohamed R Halawa (Author), Abeer A Abdalah (Author), Yara M Eid (Author), Merhan S Nasr (Author), Bassem M Mostafa (Author), Nesma H Ahmed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a major vascular complication and the leading cause of amputation in people with diabetes. Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) is a recently discovered 30-kD secreted hormone glycoprotein that plays a role in the complex and tightly regulated mechanis...