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Periodicum biologorum, Vol. 113 No. 3, 2011.

Essays

Vitamin D and hypertension

DRAŠKO PAVLOVIĆ orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-2380-869X ; Department of Nephrology and Dialyis, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital, Vinogradska c.29, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
JOSIPA JOSIPOVI]Ć ; Department of Nephrology and Dialyis, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital, Vinogradska c.29, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
NIKOLA PAVLOVIĆ ; Department of Cardiology, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital, KBC Sestre milosrdnice, Vinogradska c.29, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

High blood pressure is very prevalent worldwide, as well as vitamin D
deficiency. There are several observation data that support the concept that vitamin D is involved in pathogenesis of hypertension. Also some clinical date demonstrate positive effect of vitamin D therapy on hypertension. In this review epidemiological date will be presented and biological mechanism of vitamin D effect on blood pressure will be explained.

Keywords

vitamin D; hypertension

Hrčak ID:

74136

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/74136

Publication date:

31.10.2011.

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