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Vitamin D-Liver Disease Association: Biological Basis and Mechanisms of Action

HEPATOLOGY (2021)

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HEPATOLOGY

Volume 74, Issue 2, Pages 1065-1073

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WILEY

DOI: 10.1002/hep.31699

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