Vitamin D treatment for connective tissue diseases: hope beyond the hype?
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Vitamin D or hormone D deficiency in autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including undifferentiated connective tissue disease
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1462-0324,1462-0332
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kew212