Effects of Sucroferric Oxyhydroxide Compared to Lanthanum Carbonate and Sevelamer Carbonate on Phosphate Homeostasis and Vascular Calcifications in a Rat Model of Chronic Kidney Failure

Figure 4

von Kossa stains of the vascular calcifications of adenine fed rats after 4 weeks of treatment. Vascular calcifications were evaluated by von Kossa staining and histomorphometrically with a magnification of 40. (a) Superior thoracic aorta, (b) carotid, and (c) abdominal aorta from CRF control rats. (d) Superior thoracic aorta, (e) carotid, and (f) abdominal aorta from CRF rats treated by sucroferric oxyhydroxide (PA21).

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