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Understanding vitamin D deficiency in intensive care patients

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  1. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Karin Amrein

  2. Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Kenneth B. Christopher

  3. Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    J. Dayre McNally

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Amrein, K., Christopher, K.B. & McNally, J.D. Understanding vitamin D deficiency in intensive care patients. Intensive Care Med 41, 1961–1964 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3937-4

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