PubMed ID:
26307635
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2016
Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-015-3190-7
Authors:
Abraham AG,
Friedman LA,
Furth SL,
Johnson VL,
Kaskel FJ,
Kumar J,
McDermott K,
Melamed ML,
Portale AA,
Warady BA
Studies:
The Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Cohort Study
Vitamin D plays an important role in the mineral and bone disorder seen in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Deficiency of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) is highly prevalent in the adult CKD population.