Serum Klotho is correlated to cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease in children 
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CONCLUSION: (1) In children with CKD, decreased sKl might be a marker of elevated central blood pressure. (2) Both sKl decrease and FGF23 increase could possibly contribute to left ventricular hypertrophy in this group of patients.
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Source: Clinical Nephrology - July 29, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Okarska-Napierała M, Skrzypczyk P, Pietrzak R, Stelmaszczyk-Emmel A, Górska E, Werner B, Pańczyk-Tomaszewska M Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research