Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Postoperative Infections in Cardiac Surgical Patients: The CALCITOP-Study

Armin Zittermann; Joachim Kuhn; Jana B. Ernst; Tobias Becker; Julia Larisch; Jens Dreier; Cornelius Knabbe; Jochen Börgermann; Jan F. Gummert

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158532

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Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Postoperative Infections in Cardiac Surgical Patients: The CALCITOP-Study

Armin Zittermann ,

* E-mail: azittermann@hdz-nrw.de

Affiliation Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Joachim Kuhn,

Affiliation Institute for Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Jana B. Ernst,

Affiliation Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Tobias Becker,

Affiliation Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Julia Larisch,

Affiliation Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Jens Dreier,

Affiliation Institute for Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Cornelius Knabbe,

Affiliation Institute for Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Jochen Börgermann,

Affiliation Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Jan F. Gummert

Affiliation Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Postoperative Infections in Cardiac Surgical Patients: The CALCITOP-Study

Armin Zittermann,
Joachim Kuhn,
Jana B. Ernst,
Tobias Becker,
Julia Larisch,
Jens Dreier,
Cornelius Knabbe,
Jochen Börgermann,
Jan F. Gummert

Published: June 29, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158532

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