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New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 880-881

  Powe, Camille E ^a   Karumanchi, S Ananth ^b   Thadhani, Ravi ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; MEGALIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

BINDING AFFINITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BONE DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY TUBULE; LETTER; NEGRO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 84896713490     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1315850     Document Type: Letter

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