Effect of paricalcitol vs calcitriol on hemoglobin levels in chronic kidney disease patients: a randomized trial.

Recent studies suggest that vitamin D deficiency represents an additional cofactor of renal anemia, with several mechanisms accounting for this relationship. In line with it, the administration of vitamin D or its analogues has been associated with an improvement of anemia. There are no data, howeve...

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Main Authors: Eleonora Riccio, Massimo Sabbatini, Dario Bruzzese, Ivana Capuano, Silvia Migliaccio, Michele Andreucci, Antonio Pisani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4363688?pdf=render