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Iron indices and vitamin D receptor polymorphisms in hemodialysis patients.
Advances in chronic kidney disease - 1 Apr 2008
Amato Marcello, Pacini Stefania, Aterini Stefano, Punzi Tiziana, Gulisano Massimo, Ruggiero Marco
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular disease caused by accelerated atherosclerosis is the major determinant of morbidity and mortality in chronic kidney disease patients. Vitamin D and its analogs provide survival benefit for hemodialysis (HD) patients. Vitamin D exerts its effects through the vitamin D receptor (VDR) that is coded for by a gene showing several polymorphisms that, in turn, are associated with a variety of diseases and...
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