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Do you treat low 25-OH vitamin D levels in those with end stage kidney disease?

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Nephrology · Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
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Low 25-OH vitamin D levels in those with end-stage kidney disease should absolutely be treated. The assumption that calcitriol administration satisfies all the vitamin D needs of the body is incorrect. While it is true regarding the endocrine effects of calcitriol (calcium and phosphate homeostasis)...

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