Low circulating levels of vitamin D metabolites were found to be associated with development of microalbuminuria in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus from the DCCT/EDIC study. Could interventions aimed at improving vitamin D levels be a new option for the prevention of diabetic kidney disease?
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P. Rossing declares associations with the following company: Abbott (grant/research support, consultant). C. Joergensen declares an association with the following company: Abbott (grant/research support).
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Rossing, P., Joergensen, C. Effect of vitamin D on diabetic kidney disease in T1DM. Nat Rev Endocrinol 9, 6–7 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2012.227
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