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Vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D receptor FokI polymorphism as risk factors for COVID-19.
Pediatric research - 1 Apr 2023
Zeidan Nancy M S, Lateef Hanan M Abd El, Selim Dalia M, Razek Suzan A, Abd-Elrehim Ghada A B, Nashat Mohamed, ElGyar Noha, Waked Nevin M, Soliman Attia A, Elhewala Ahmed A, Shehab Mohamed M M, Ibraheem Ahmed A A, Shehata Hassan, Yousif Yousif M, Akeel Nagwa E, Hashem Mustafa I A, Ahmed Amani A, Emam Ahmed A, Abdelmohsen Mohamed M, Ahmed Mohamed F, Saleh Ahmed S E, Eltrawy Heba H, Shahin Gehan H, Nabil Rehab M, Hosny Thoraya A, Abdelhamed Mohamed R, Afify Mona R, Alharbi Mohanned T, Nagshabandi Mohammed K, Tarabulsi Muyassar K, Osman Sherif F, Abd-Elrazek Amal S M, Rashad Manal M, El-Gaaly Sonya A A, Gad Said A B, Mohamed Mohamed Y, Abdelkhalek Khalil, Yousef Aly A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Given the sparse data on vitamin D status in pediatric COVID-19, we investigated whether vitamin D deficiency could be a risk factor for susceptibility to COVID-19 in Egyptian children and adolescents. We also investigated whether vitamin D receptor (VDR) FokI polymorphism could be a genetic marker for COVID-19 susceptibility. METHODS: One hundred and eighty patients diagnosed to have COVID-19 and 200...
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