TY - BOOK AU - Sameh Mohamed Helmy Abouzied AU - Azza Abdelrahman Alshamaa , AU - Dawlat Abdelhamid Belal , AU - Mohamed Mustafa Elkhatib , TI - 25 hydroxy vitamin D arterial calcification and cardiovascular risk marker in haemodialysis patients / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Sameh Mohamed Helmy Abouzied , KW - 25OH vitamin D3 KW - Inti,al media thickness KW - Left ventricular mass index N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Vascular calcification is frequent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The presence and extent of vascular calcifications are predictors of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in stable end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis. Accordingly, the present study was designed to examine the possible relation between vascular calcifications, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] serum level and the cardiovascular risk factors associated ER -