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Oral Calcium Supplements Do Not Affect the Progression of Aortic Valve Calcification or Coronary Artery Calcification

Mayurkumar Bhakta, Charles Bruce, David Messika-Zeitoun, Lawrence Bielak, Patrick F. Sheedy, Patricia Peyser and Maurice Sarano
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2009, 22 (6) 610-616; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.06.080217

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