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Vitamin D and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity in the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative: A Mende...

Vitamin D and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity in the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative: A Mende...

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Vitamin D and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity in the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative: A Mendelian randomization study

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Vitamin D and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity in the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative: A Mendelian randomization study

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS medicine, 2021-06, Vol.18 (6), p.e1003605-e1003605

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Increased vitamin D levels, as reflected by 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25OHD) measurements, have been proposed to protect against COVID-19 based on in vitro, observational, and ecological studies. However, vitamin D levels are associated with many confounding variables, and thus associations described to date may not be causal. Vitamin D Mendelian rando...

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Full title

Vitamin D and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity in the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative: A Mendelian randomization study

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2552288905

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2552288905

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ISSN

1549-1676,1549-1277

E-ISSN

1549-1676

DOI

10.1371/journal.pmed.1003605

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