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Supplemental vitamin D: will do no harm and might do good

Nature Reviews Nephrology volume 5, pages 614–615 (2009)Cite this article

Vitamin D insufficiency is endemic amongst renal transplant recipients, as it is in other individuals with chronic diseases, both within and beyond nephrology. Few data exist to guide vitamin D replacement strategies, but indirect evidence points to likely skeletal, and possibly extraskeletal, benefits from supplementation.

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Figure 1: The metabolism of vitamin D.

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Cunningham, J. Supplemental vitamin D: will do no harm and might do good. Nat Rev Nephrol 5, 614–615 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2009.143

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