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IN some experiments on chick growth with wholly vegetable diets1 supplemented with pure vitamin B12, a relationship became evident between the growth-stimulating effect of this vitamin and the content of calcium, iron and vitamin D of the diet. In an attempt to elucidate the relation between the vitamin D and vitamin B12, the present experiment was started.
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Frölich, A., Nature, 173, 132 (1954).
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FRÖLICH, A. Relation between Vitamin D and Vitamin B12 . Nature 174, 462–463 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174462a0
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