Lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels and increased risk of liver diseases: Is there a causal link?

Endocrine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-4

  Targher, Giovanni ^a   Byrne, Christopher D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; INSULIN; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIFEDIOL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84906938312     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-014-0220-3     Document Type: Editorial

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