Vascular calcification in an adolescent treated with long-term peritoneal dialysis.
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2011Yazar
Ekim, Mesiha
Fitöz, Suat
Özçakar, Z. Birsin
Yalçınkaya, Fatoş
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The reason of high mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is cardiovascular disease and arterial calcification has been accepted as an additive factor on this status. In this report we described vascular and cardiac valvular calcifications in an adolescent on CAPD.