Severe vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women of Somali origin living in Sweden.

نویسندگان

  • Maria Sääf
  • Elisabeth Fernell
  • Frida Kristiansson
  • Martina Barnevik Olsson
  • Sven A Gustafsson
  • Gunnel Bågenholm
چکیده

1.Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden 2.Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden 3.Autism Centre for Young Children, Handicap and Habilitation, Stockholm, Sweden 4.Faculty of Medicine, Medical Student, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 5.PRIMA Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stockholm, Sweden 6.Karolinska Institute and Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 7.Department of Paediatrics, Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Acta paediatrica

دوره 100 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011