Vitamin D status in kidney transplant patients: Need for intensified routine supplementation

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 431-437

  Ewers, Bettina ^a   Gasbjerg, Ane ^a   Moelgaard, Christian ^b   Frederiksen, Anne Mette ^a   Marckmann, Peter ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D; 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Hypovitaminosis D; Kidney transplantation; Parathyroid hormone; Prevalence; Sun exposure; Vitamin D intake

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DENMARK; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 38949147098     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.2.431     Document Type: Article

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