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Vitamin D levels are low in adult patients with sickle cell disease in Jamaica and West Africa
BACKGROUND: Patients with sickle cell disease in the USA have been noted to have lower levels of vitamin D – measured as 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) – compared to controls. Average serum 25(OH)D levels are also substantially lower in African Americans than whites, while population distributions of...
Autores principales: | Tayo, Bamidele O, Akingbola, Titilola S, Salako, Babatunde L, McKenzie, Colin A, Reid, Marvin, Layden, Jennifer, Osunkwo, Ifeyinwa, Plange-Rhule, Jacob, Luke, Amy, Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon, Cooper, Richard S |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143569/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161768 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2052-1839-14-12 |
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