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Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy in Europe: the two sides of the story

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  1. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Spyridon N. Karras, Elena Angeloudi & Kalliopi Kotsa

  2. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital, Charleston, SC, USA

    Carol L. Wagner

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Karras, S.N., Wagner, C.L., Angeloudi, E. et al. Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy in Europe: the two sides of the story. Eur J Nutr 56, 2207–2208 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-017-1451-x

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