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Why bother to take vitamins?
The first clear description of ‘fibrocystic disease of the pancreas’ or Cystic Fibrosis (CF) came in the late 1930s and evidence of vitamin A deficiency was reported in 10 of 49 patients as early as 1939. Indeed, this paper recommended ‘generous dosages’ of vitamin A for these patients. Biochemical evidence of fat-soluble vitamin deficiency occurs early in infants diagnosed with CF by newborn s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Primary Care Companion to The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1523-5998
DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v01n0307