Vitamina D y trasplante hepático, ¿sólo efectos óseos?
- Sonsoles Guadalix Iglesias 1
- Elena García Fernández 1
- Helena Requejo Salinas 1
- María Calatayud Gutiérrez 1
- Esteban Jódar Gimeno 1
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
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ISSN: 1132-8460
Year of publication: 2006
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Pages: 13-17
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista Española de Enfermedades Metabólicas Oseas
Abstract
Liver transplantation has become a fairly common and successful procedure, and post-transplantation osteoporosis is now a usual complication in these patients. Immuno-suppressive therapy has been involved in this setting. Vitamin D and their related analogs may have a role in the post-transplantation therapy, adding the role of immuno-modulator (mainly in T cells) to their already protective one in bone metabolism. This might not only allow for the possibility of reducing immuno-suppressive doses, but also of reducing instances of transplant rejections.