Does vitamin D deficiency predict tumour malignancy in patients with bone tumours? Data from a multi-center cohort analysis

Vitamin D deficiency is a global health concern that is estimated to afflict over one billion people globally. The major role of vitamin D is that of a regulator of calcium and phosphate metabolism, thus, being essential for proper bone mineralisation. Concomitantly, vitamin D is known to exert nume...

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Main Authors: Konstantin Horas, Ulrike van Herck, Gerrit S. Maier, Uwe Maus, Norbert Harrasser, Franz Jakob, Manuel Weissenberger, Jörg Arnholdt, Boris M. Holzapfel, Maximilian Rudert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Bone Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212137420300841