Severe vitamin D deficiency: A biomarker of exacerbation risk?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 214-215

  Heulens, Nele ^a   Decramer, Marc ^a   Janssens, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84872549848     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.187.2.214a     Document Type: Letter

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