A novel update on vitamin D in recurrent pregnancy loss (Review)
- Authors:
- Haoyu Zhao
- Xiaoqi Wei
- Xiuhua Yang
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Affiliations: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Organ Transplant, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China, Department of Obstetrics, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China - Published online on: March 17, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2021.12021
- Article Number: 382
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Copyright: © Zhao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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