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Vitamin D Deficiency Induces High Blood Pressure and Accelerates Atherosclerosis in Mice

Sherry Weng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sherry Weng, Jennifer E. Sprague

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Jennifer E. Sprague ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sherry Weng, Jennifer E. Sprague

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Jisu Oh,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Amy E. Riek,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Kathleen Chin,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Miguel Garcia,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi

* E-mail: cbernal@dom.wustl.edu

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Vitamin D Deficiency Induces High Blood Pressure and Accelerates Atherosclerosis in Mice

Sherry Weng,
Jennifer E. Sprague,
Jisu Oh,
Amy E. Riek,
Kathleen Chin,
Miguel Garcia,
Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi

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Published: January 22, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054625

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Agrees with many other studies of Hypertension and Vitamin D

Posted by HenryLahore on 28 Jan 2013 at 12:49 GMT

Links to the other studies are at
http://www.vitamindwiki.c...

No competing interests declared.

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