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home:pathogenesis:vitamind:correlation [10.27.2018] – [Researchers should also measure 1,25-D] sallieqhome:pathogenesis:vitamind:correlation [02.13.2019] – [Causation is not self-evident] sallieq
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 There are a number of examples where low levels of a substance are known to be associated with but not cause disease.  There are a number of examples where low levels of a substance are known to be associated with but not cause disease. 
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 <blockquote>Of course, the study does not suggest that low and high estradiol concentrations themselves were the cause of increased mortality. <blockquote>Of course, the study does not suggest that low and high estradiol concentrations themselves were the cause of increased mortality.
  
-//**Vasan Ramachandran, MD**//, [[http://www.theheart.org/article/971237.do|Heartwire]]</blockquote>+//**Vasan Ramachandran, MD**//, Heartwire</blockquote>
  
  
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