Reply to Jakovac: About COVID-19 and vitamin D

Affiliations

¹ National Research Council, CNR-ISA, Avellino, Italy.
² Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata, IDI-IRCCS Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
⁴ Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

Comment

Angelo Facchiano et al. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 1;318(6):E838.

doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00185.2020.

¹ National Research Council, CNR-ISA, Avellino, Italy.
² Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata, IDI-IRCCS Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
⁴ Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

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Comment on

COVID-19 and vitamin D-Is there a link and an opportunity for intervention?
Jakovac H. Jakovac H. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2020 May 1;318(5):E589. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00138.2020. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2020. PMID: 32297519 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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