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Comment
. 2007 Sep;92(9):740-1.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2007.120774.

Vitamin D in pregnancy: an old problem still to be solved?

A F Williams  1
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Comment

Vitamin D in pregnancy: an old problem still to be solved?

A F Williams. Arch Dis Child. 2007 Sep.

Abstract

Perspective on the paper by Dijkstra et al (see page 750)

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