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- Title
Serum vitamin D concentrations and associated severity of acute lower respiratory tract infections in Japanese hospitalized children.
- Authors
Inamo, Yasuji; Hasegawa, Maki; Saito, Katsuya; Hayashi, Rika; Ishikawa, Teruaki; Yoshino, Yayoi; Hashimoto, Koji; Fuchigami, Tatsuo
- Abstract
Vitamin D is an immunomodulatory molecule related to innate immunity that may contribute to the increased occurrence of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in children, one of the most common reasons for hospitalization and intensive care unit admission. In the present study, the association between vitamin D deficiency and the severity of respiratory infection was evaluated by determining serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) in a group of hospitalized children with ALRI.
- Publication
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society, 2011, Vol 53, Issue 2, p199
- ISSN
1442-200X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1442-200x.2010.03224.x