Vitamin D deficiency rickets in five “at-risk” children
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Patrizia D'Eufemia
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Patrizia D'Eufemia, MD, Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Regina Elena, 324 00161 Roma, Italia. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorPasquale Parisi
Second Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorMauro Celli
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorRoberto Finocchiaro
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorMario Roggini
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorIvana Raccio
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorAnna Zambrano
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Pia Villa
Second Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Patrizia D'Eufemia
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Patrizia D'Eufemia, MD, Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Regina Elena, 324 00161 Roma, Italia. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorPasquale Parisi
Second Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorMauro Celli
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorRoberto Finocchiaro
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorMario Roggini
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorIvana Raccio
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorAnna Zambrano
Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Pia Villa
Second Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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