Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Mineral and bone disorders in chronic kidney disease (CKD-MBD) is a systemic disorder of mineral metabolism due to CKD, which is manifestedby abnormalities of calcium, phosphorus, parathormone (PTH) and vitamin D; renal osteodystrophy; extraskeletal calcification. In patients with CKD, vascular calcification occurs 10–20 years earlier than in the general population, and is highly prevalent (40–92%) in the hemodialysis population. «AngioScan-01&#187...