IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE AND 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS?

There is an increasing global recognition of nutritional vitamin D deficiency in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Yet, there is not much data in the Chinese population. We performed this prospective cross-sectional survey, with an aim to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (d...

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Main Authors: Angela Yee-Moon Wang, Iris Hiu-Shuen Chan, Christopher Wai-Kei LAM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology 2012-06-01
Series:Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211913212006729