Vitamin D₃ Supplementation in Batswana Children and Adults with HIV: A Pilot Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Andrew P. Steenhoff; Joan I. Schall; Julia Samuel; Boitshepo Seme; Marape Marape; Bakgaki Ratshaa; Irene Goercke; Michael Tolle; Maria S. Nnyepi; Loeto Mazhani; Babette S. Zemel; Richard M. Rutstein; Virginia A. Stallings

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117123

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Vitamin D₃ Supplementation in Batswana Children and Adults with HIV: A Pilot Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Andrew P. Steenhoff ,

* E-mail: steenhoff@email.chop.edu

Affiliations Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, School of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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Joan I. Schall,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Julia Samuel,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Boitshepo Seme,

Affiliation Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana
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Marape Marape,

Affiliation Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana
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Bakgaki Ratshaa,

Affiliation Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana
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Irene Goercke,

Affiliation Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana
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Michael Tolle,

Affiliation Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana
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Maria S. Nnyepi,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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Loeto Mazhani,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, School of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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Babette S. Zemel,

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Richard M. Rutstein,

Affiliations Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Virginia A. Stallings

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Vitamin D₃ Supplementation in Batswana Children and Adults with HIV: A Pilot Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Andrew P. Steenhoff,
Joan I. Schall,
Julia Samuel,
Boitshepo Seme,
Marape Marape,
Bakgaki Ratshaa,
Irene Goercke,
Michael Tolle,
Maria S. Nnyepi,
Loeto Mazhani

Published: February 23, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117123

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