Vitamin D and methylarginines in chronic kidney disease (CKD).

BACKGROUND:Vitamin D associates with the plasma concentration of the endogenous inhibitor of the nitric oxide system asymmetric dimethyl arginine (ADMA) and cross-sectional studies in CKD patients treated with the vitamin D receptor activator paricalcitol show that plasma ADMA is substantially less...

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Main Authors: Claudia Torino, Patrizia Pizzini, Sebastiano Cutrupi, Rocco Tripepi, Giovanni Tripepi, Francesca Mallamaci, Carmine Zoccali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5627906?pdf=render