Pathophysiological aspects of vascular calcification in chronic renal failure.

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The nephrology community has progressively recognized that vascular calcification in patients with chronic renal failure is a major problem in terms of morbidity and mortality. This type of soft tissue calcification is not only passive, as thought previously, but implies active processes as well. It results from disturbances of the normal balance between calcification inhibitors and promoters, acting both at the...

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