Reply to contribution on the topic of hypovitaminosis D in chronic hepatitis C
Journal Title: Annals of Hepatology - Year 2016, Vol 15, Issue 1
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Livia Villar, Elisabeth Lampe, Adilson de Almeida, Letícia de Paula Scalioni, Lia Lewis-Ximenez, Juliana Miguel, José Del Campo, Isidora Ranchal, Cristiane Villela-Nogueira, Manuel Romero-Gomez
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