Role of Vitamin D in Uremic Vascular Calcification

The risk of cardiovascular death is 10 times higher in patients with CKD (chronic kidney disease) than in those without CKD. Vascular calcification, common in patients with CKD, is a predictor of cardiovascular mortality. Vitamin D deficiency, another complication of CKD, is associated with vascular...

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Main Authors: Yi-Chou Hou, Wen-Chih Liu, Cai-Mei Zheng, Jing-Quan Zheng, Tzung-Hai Yen, Kuo-Cheng Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2803579