© 2003 by European Society of Cardiology
Copyright © 2003, European Society of Cardiology
Maternal and postnatal vitamin D ingestion influences rat aortic structure, function and elastin content
[Cardiovasc. Res. 2002;55:369–374]
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Received 16 October 2002; accepted 21 October 2002
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The above mentioned paper [1] makes a valuable contribution to explaining the adverse effects that excessive exposure to dietary vitamin D are known to have on the developing vasculature of rodents, rabbits and probably also in man [2,3]. The authors suggest that the dosages used were not excessive, mean circulating levels of 25-OH vitamin D not rising