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CHANGES OF CALCIFICATION GRADIENTS DEPENDING ON FETUIN-A LEVEL IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Paper C Not peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study looks at calcium building up in the blood vessels of people with chronic kidney disease, and how that tracks with blood levels of a protein called fetuin-A that normally helps stop calcium from settling in the wrong places. It compares measurements across people, so it can show a link between low fetuin-A and more calcium buildup. A link is not proof that low fetuin-A causes the buildup. The file is posted in an open archive with no sign of peer review, and no abstract was available, so the number of people is unknown.

Who did this work

Turgun Yuldoshev

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-12
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22725026