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Influence of vitamin D receptor genotype on bone mass changes after renal transplantation.
Kidney international - 1 Nov 1996
Torres A, Machado M, Concepción M T, Martín N, Lorenzo V, Hernández D, Rodríguez A P, Rodríguez A, de Bonis E, González-Posada J M, Hernández A, Salido E
Abstract excerpt
Renal transplant patients immunosuppressed with cyclosporine A (CsA) exhibit both a significant bone loss and an increased rate of bone fractures. An association between common allelic variants of the the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and bone mineral density and turnover has been reported in adu...
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