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Comment
. 2006 Jul;91(7):549-50.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2005.080879.

Don't ignore vitamin D

N Bishop  1
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Comment

Don't ignore vitamin D

N Bishop. Arch Dis Child. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Perspective on the papers by Robinson et al (see page 564) and Das et al (see page 569)

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