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A case of high-turnover renal osteodystrophy and vascular calcification in a patient with uremia diagnosed by 18F-NaF PET/CT

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This work was supported by the Open Program of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province (No:HYX20010).

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Lin Xiong collected clinical data and wrote the first draft of the manuscript; Yue Chen and Liang Cai were responsible for the imaging examination and interpretation of the image results; Zhaolan Yu and Jianbo Yang were responsible for the laboratory examination and interpretation of the results; Weihua Wu and Santao Ou participated in the design and revision of the article. all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Xiong, L., Chen, Y., Cai, L. et al. A case of high-turnover renal osteodystrophy and vascular calcification in a patient with uremia diagnosed by 18F-NaF PET/CT. Int Urol Nephrol 55, 217–219 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-022-03275-5

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