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The fibroblast growth factor-23 and Vitamin D emerge as nontraditional risk factors and may affect cardiovascular risk.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Mar 2015
Masson S, Agabiti N, Vago T, Miceli M, Mayer F, Letizia T, Wienhues-Thelen U, Mureddu G F, Davoli M, Boccanelli A, Latini R
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OBJECTIVES: Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) and vitamin D are hormones involved in phosphate homoeostasis. They also directly influence cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. We examined whether the relationships between levels of vitamin D or FGF-23, cardiac phenotype and outcome were independent of es...
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