Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and carotid atherosclerosis in chronic kidney disease patients

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies have shown an inverse relationship between vitamin D levels and cardiovascular diseases. However, this does not infer a causal relationship between the two. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and carotid atheroscle...

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Autores principales: Ng, Yong-Muh, Lim, Soo-Kun, Kang, Pei-San, Kadir, Khairul Azmi Abdul, Tai, Mei-Ling Sharon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5070174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27756244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-016-0367-7

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