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SUBMITTER: Ruospo M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513594 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ruospo Marinella M Palmer Suetonia C SC Natale Patrizia P Craig Jonathan C JC Vecchio Mariacristina M Elder Grahame J GJ Strippoli Giovanni Fm GF
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20180822
<h4>Background</h4>Phosphate binders are used to reduce positive phosphate balance and to lower serum phosphate levels for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with the aim to prevent progression of chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD). This is an update of a review first published in 2011.<h4>Objectives</h4>The aim of this review was to assess the benefits and harms of phosphate binders for people with CKD with particular reference to relevant biochemical end-points, m ...[more]