Vascular Calcification: Current Genetics Underlying This Complex Phenomenon
Objective: Vascular calcification is the consequence of the complex interaction between genetic, environmental, and vascular factors, which ultimately lead to the deposition of calcium in the tunica intima (atherosclerotic calcification) or tunica media (Mönckenberg's sclerosis). Vascular calci...
Main Authors: | Nonanzit Pérez-Hernández, Gad Aptilon-Duque, Ruben Blachman-Braun, Gilberto Vargas-Alarcón, Adrián Asael Rodríguez-Cortés, Shely Azrad-Daniel, Rosalinda Posadas-Sánchez, José Manuel Rodríguez-Pérez |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2017-01-01
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Series: | Chinese Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.cmj.org/article.asp?issn=0366-6999;year=2017;volume=130;issue=9;spage=1113;epage=1121;aulast=Pérez-Hernández |
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