Hypovitaminosis D and disease: Consequence rather than cause?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7872, 2012, Pages

  Gama, Rousseau ^a   Waldron, Jenna L ^a   Ashby, Helen L ^a   Cornes, Michael P ^a   Bechervaise, Julia ^a   Razavi, Cyrus ^a   Thomas, Osmond L ^a   Chugh, Sanjiv ^a   Deshpande, Shreeram ^a   Ford, Clare ^a  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KNEE SURGERY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84865734783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e5706     Document Type: Letter

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