Vitamin D Signaling, Infectious Diseases, and Regulation of Innate Immunity

Overview

Journal Infect Immun

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2008 May 29

PMID 18505808

Citations 135

Authors

John H White

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