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Article: New transplantation study results reported from Baskent University.
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- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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According to recent research from Ankara, Turkey, "Vitamin D has immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory activities in the healthy population and in various disease states. There are few data on the quantification of vitamin D status and inflammation with respect to changes in bone mineral density among renal transplantation patients."
"We analyzed the influence of vitamin D levels on allograft function and inflammatory status at the time of enrollment and at 1-year follow-up. Sixty-four renal transplant patients, including 38 males, showed an overall age of 38.61 +/- 1.05 years, had a mean graft age of 6.15 +/- 3.1.7 years. We excluded patients who had diabetes ...
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