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Comment
. 2017 Oct;109(4):380-381.
doi: 10.5935/abc.20170127.

Childhood Obesity, MMP-9 Levels, and Vitamin D

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Zeynep Cerit  1 , Claudio Andrade, Adriana Bosco, Valeria Sandrim, Francisco Silva, Claudio Andrade, Adriana Bosco, Valeria Sandrim, Francisco Silva
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Childhood Obesity, MMP-9 Levels, and Vitamin D

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Zeynep Cerit et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2017 Oct.
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