Osteoporosis after kidney transplantation-no place for active vitamin D in the prevention of bone loss

Hanne Skou Jørgensen^{1

2

3}, Pieter Evenepoel^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg 9000, Denmark.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8200, Denmark.
³ Department of Nephrology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg 9000, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Research Group, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.

Editorial

Hanne Skou Jørgensen et al. J Bone Miner Res. 2025.

. 2025 May 24;40(5):567-568.

doi: 10.1093/jbmr/zjaf049.

Hanne Skou Jørgensen^{1

2

3}, Pieter Evenepoel^{4

5}

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg 9000, Denmark.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8200, Denmark.
³ Department of Nephrology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg 9000, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Research Group, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.

No abstract available

Keywords: biochemical markers of bone turnover; bone QCT/microCT; osteoporosis; parathyroid-related disorders.

Comment on

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