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VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN AND 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D LEVELS: EMERGING CLINICAL APPLICATIONS.
Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - 1 May 2017
Jassil Navinder K, Sharma Anupa, Bikle Daniel, Wang Xiangbing
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The precursor of the active form of vitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), is recognized as the optimal indicator of vitamin D status. Vitamin D3 undergoes conversion through a multitude of enzymatic reactions described within the paper, and vitamin D levels are dependent on many factors including the vitamin D binding protein (DBP). The free hormone hypothesis postulates that protein-bound hormones are not...
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