Vitamin D's Role in Reducing Risk of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Incidence, Severity, and Death.

What it found

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Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Evolutionary formation of melatonin and vitamin D in early life forms: insects take centre stage.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2024
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2. Vitamin D Status and Parkinson's Disease.Brain sciences · 2022
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3. Extraosseous effects of vitamin D: a role in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19?Internal and emergency medicine · 2022
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4. Can Maintaining Optimal Magnesium Balance Reduce the Disease Severity of COVID-19 Patients?Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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