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Dietary magnesium supplementation inhibits abdominal vascular calcification in an experimental animal model of chronic kidney disease.

Nicoline H J LeendersCaro BosTiny HoekstraLeon J SchurgersMarc G VervloetJoost G J Hoenderop
Published in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association (2022)
This study demonstrates that increased dietary magnesium inhibits abdominal vascular calcification in an experimental animal model of CKD in vivo. These are promising results for CKD patients and further study is needed to identify the mechanisms involved and to determine the clinical relevance in patients.
Keyphrases
  • chronic kidney disease
  • end stage renal disease
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • prognostic factors