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Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism is associated with left ventricular (LV) mass and predicts left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) progression in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients

  1. Alessandra Testa1,
  2. Francesca Mallamaci1,
  3. Francesco A Benedetto2,
  4. Anna Pisano1,
  5. Giovanni Tripepi1,
  6. Lorenzo Malatino4,
  7. Ravi Thadhani3,
  8. Carmine Zoccali1,*

Article first published online: 18 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090717

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 2, pages 313–319, February 2010

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Testa, A., Mallamaci, F., Benedetto, F. A., Pisano, A., Tripepi, G., Malatino, L., Thadhani, R. and Zoccali, C. (2010), Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism is associated with left ventricular (LV) mass and predicts left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) progression in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. J Bone Miner Res, 25: 313–319. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.090717

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  1. 1

    CNR-IBIM, Research Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Renal Disease and Hypertension, Reggio Calabria, Italy

  2. 2

    Cardiology Unit, Morelli Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy

  3. 3

    Division of Internal Medicine, University of Catania, c/o Ospedale Cannizzaro, Catanua, Italy

  4. 4

    Renal Unit and the Center for D-Receptor Activation Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

*Professor Carmine Zoccali CNR-IBIM, CNR e Nefrologia, Ospedali Riuniti, c/o EUROLINE di Ascrizzi Vincenzo, Via Vallone Petrara 55-57, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy.

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  1. Issue published online: 19 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 18 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 6 JUL 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 4 FEB 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 27 NOV 2008

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