A Nationally Representative Study of Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy Risk Factors.

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Published in J Am Soc Nephrol on April 14, 2016

Authors

Sagar U Nigwekar1, Sophia Zhao2, Julia Wenger3, Jeffrey L Hymes4, Franklin W Maddux4, Ravi I Thadhani2, Kevin E Chan2,4

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; snigwekar@mgh.harvard.edu.
2: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
3: Division of Nephrology, University of North Carolina Kidney Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and.
4: Medical office, Fresenius Medical Care North America, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Associated clinical trials:

Evaluation of Vitamin K Supplementation for Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy (VitK-CUA) | NCT02278692

Partners Calciphylaxis Biobank (PCB) | NCT03032835

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