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Vascular calcification and osteoporosis--from clinical observation towards molecular understanding.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA - 1 Mar 2007
Hofbauer L C, Brueck C C, Shanahan C M, Schoppet M, Dobnig H
Abstract excerpt
Patients with osteoporosis frequently suffer from vascular calcification, which was shown to predict both cardiovascular morbidity/mortality and osteoporotic fractures. Various common risk factors and mechanisms have been suggested to cause both bone loss and vascular calcification, including aging, estrogen deficiency, vitamin D and K abnormalities, chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. Major breakthroughs...
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