Extraskeletal Functions of Vitamin D
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1Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Viale Gazzi, 98123 Messina, Italy 2Institute of Molecular BioMedicine, Medical Faculty, Comenius University, Sasinkova 4, 811 08 Bratislava, Slovakia 3Department of Internal Medicine, Service of Nephrology, University Hospital (CHUV), Avenue du Bugnon 17, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland 4Nephrology, Med School, Second University of Naples, Piazza Miraglia, 80138 Naples, Italy
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دوره 2015 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015