Vitamin D supplementation enhances the fixation of titanium implants in chronic kidney disease mice.

Vitamin D (Vit D) deficiency is a common condition in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients that negatively affects bone regeneration and fracture healing. Previous study has shown that timely healing of titanium implants is impaired in CKD. This study aimed to investigate the effect of Vit D supple...

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Main Authors: Weiqing Liu, Shiwen Zhang, Dan Zhao, Huawei Zou, Ningyuan Sun, Xing Liang, Michel Dard, Beate Lanske, Quan Yuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3994107?pdf=render