The Role of Vitamin D in Infections, Viruses, and Human Health are Extensive

Staff Writer, DL Mullan 
COVID-19 / Corona Virus / Vitamin D
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Are you getting enough Vitamin D?

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• Vitamin D deficiency and the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease.
  

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• D-livering the message: the importance of vitamin D status in chronic liver disease.
  

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Source: NIH