Vitamin D and Kidney disease: what we know and what we do not know

Vitamin D deficiency is common in the chronic kidney disease (CKD) population. CKD has been recognized as a significant public health problem and CKD patients are at increased risk of total and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. There are increasing epidemiological data suggesting that vitamin...

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Main Authors: Antonio Jose Inda Filho, Michal Leora Melamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2013-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002013000400012&lng=en&tlng=en