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Dose-Response Relationship of Vitamin D3 Synthesis During Serial UV-Irradiation in Dialysis Patients

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Biologic Effects of Light 1998

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Vitamin D deficiency is a major complication in chronic renal failure, leading to secondary hyperparathyroidism and renal osteodystrophy. The usual treatment is the substitution of calcitrol or alphacalcidol orally or intravenously.

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  1. Dept. Lighting Technology, Technical Univ., Berlin, Germany

    K. Grothmann & H. Kaase

  2. Dept. of Natural Medicine, Univ.Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Free Univ., Berlin, Germany

    R. Krause, B. Matulla-Nolte, R. Klamroth, J. Dobberke & M. Bühring

  3. Moabit Dialysis Center, Berlin, Germany

    R. Krause

  4. Vitamin D, Skin, and Bone Research Laboratory, Boston Univ. Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    T. C. Chen & M. F. Holick

  5. Laboratory Group, Endocrinology, Heidelberg, Germany

    H. Schmidt-Gayk

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    Michael F. Holick

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    Ernst G. Jung

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Grothmann, K. et al. (1999). Dose-Response Relationship of Vitamin D3 Synthesis During Serial UV-Irradiation in Dialysis Patients. In: Holick, M.F., Jung, E.G. (eds) Biologic Effects of Light 1998. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5051-8_23

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