Hypercalcemia and renal function impairment associated with vitamin D toxicity: case report

Abstract Nowadays vitamin D (25-OHD) deficiency is supposed to be a global epidemic condition. Expectedly, vitamin D measurement and intake exponentially increased in Brazil in this decade. Although the benefit of vitamin D to general health is still in debate, its indiscriminate use potentially may...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Guerra, Osvaldo Merege Vieira Neto, Alan Fernandes Laurindo, Francisco Jose Albuquerque de Paula, Miguel Moysés Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002016000400466&lng=en&tlng=en