The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 906-911.e1 , June 2009

Vitamin D Insufficiency and Deficiency in Children with Early Chronic Kidney Disease

Received 28 July 2008 ,Revised 29 September 2008 ,Accepted 1 December 2008.

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 Limited portions of this study were presented as an abstract at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, San Francisco, CA, in October, 2007.

 The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(08)01074-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.12.006

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 906-911.e1 , June 2009

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