Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Batswana Children and Adults with HIV: A Pilot Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
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1 Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, 2 Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 3 Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 4 Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 5 Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 6 Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana, 7 Department of Nutrition, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, 8 Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, School of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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