Vitamin D deficiency and muscle strength: are they related?

Editorial

J Christopher Gallagher. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec.

. 2012 Dec;97(12):4366-9.

doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-3720.

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Skeletal muscle strength in young Asian Indian females after vitamin D and calcium supplementation: a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial.
Goswami R, Vatsa M, Sreenivas V, Singh U, Gupta N, Lakshmy R, Aggarwal S, Ganapathy A, Joshi P, Bhatia H. Goswami R, et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec;97(12):4709-16. doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-2340. Epub 2012 Aug 17. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012. PMID: 22904178 Clinical Trial.

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