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Comment
. 2016 May;31(5):688-90.
doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfv401. Epub 2015 Nov 27.

Fibroblast growth factor 23 and heart failure: the plot thickens

Orlando M Gutiérrez  1
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Fibroblast growth factor 23 and heart failure: the plot thickens

Orlando M Gutiérrez. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2016 May.

Abstract

…The findings of Andersen and colleagues provide new incentive to further elucidate the full spectrum of ways that excess FGF23 impacts cardiac function and how this may ultimately contribute to the pathophysiology of heart failure in CKD…

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