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Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 91-93 , September 2010

Correlation between fetuin-A and matrix Gla protein levels in human serum

Katsuhito Mori
- The Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +81 6 6645 3806; fax: +81 6 6645 3808.
Yuji Ikari
- The Division of Cardiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Shuichi Jono
- The Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Masanori Emoto
- The Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Atsushi Shioi
- The Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Hidenori Koyama
- The Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Tetsuo Shoji
- The Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Eiji Ishimura
- The Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Masaaki Inaba
- The Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Kazuhiro Hara
- The Division of Cardiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshiki Nishizawa
- The Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan

Received 16 March 2010 ,Revised 27 May 2010 ,Accepted 7 June 2010.

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