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Brief Report

High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in patients with manifest Huntington disease

An explorative study

Victor GM Chel Huntington Centre Topaz; Overduin; Katwijk, The Netherlands; EMGO-institute; VU University Medical Center; Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marcel E Ooms EMGO-institute; VU University Medical Center; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jessie van der Bent Huntington Centre Topaz; Overduin; Katwijk, The Netherlands
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Fleur Veldkamp Huntington Centre Topaz; Overduin; Katwijk, The Netherlands
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Raymund AC Roos Leiden University Medical Centre; Department of Neurology; Leiden, The Netherlands
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Wilco P Achterberg Huntington Centre Topaz; Overduin; Katwijk, The Netherlands; Leiden University Medical Centre; Department of Public Health and Primary Care; Leiden, The Netherlands
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Paul Lips VU University Medical Center; Department of Internal Medicine/ Endocrinology; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Pages 348-351 | Received 04 Jun 2013, Accepted 13 Aug 2013, Published online: 15 Aug 2013

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