Study of serum sclerostin levels and its role in vascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease

• Main Authors: Ahmed R Elarbagy (Author), Yassein S Yassein (Author), Mahmoud M Emara (Author), Ahmed A Sonbol (Author), Khaled M Zorkaney (Author), Amera A Sharaf El Deen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective The aim of this work was to study serum sclerostin levels in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) not on dialysis and those on regular hemodialysis and its role in vascular calcification. Background CKD, whether starting hemodialysis (HD) or not, is associated with an increase in the...