Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum levels in a large German cohort of patients with melanoma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 625-628

  Gambichler, T ^a   Bindsteiner, M ^a   Hoxtermann S ^a   Kreuter, A ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANCER STAGING; GERMANY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; GERMANY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84879025918     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11212.x     Document Type: Article

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