Vitamin D insufficiency: implications for the immune system.

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Published in Pediatr Nephrol on February 24, 2010

Authors

Femke Baeke1, Conny Gysemans, Hannelie Korf, Chantal Mathieu

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Herestraat 49-ON1-bus 902, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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