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Serum fetuin-A levels inversely correlate with the severity of arterial calcification in patients with chronic lower extremity atherosclerosis without renal disease.

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2011

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Abstract

Our data show that serum fetuin-A levels inversely correlate with the severity of atherosclerosis in nonuremic patients with symptomatic chronic lower limb ischemia. These data support a putative protective role for fetuin-A in the development of arterial calcification.