Is vitamin D deficiency a risk factor for COVID-19 in children?

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2020)

This is the first to evaluate vitamin D levels and its relationship with clinical findings in pediatric patients with COVID-19. Our results suggest that vitamin D values may be associated with the occurrence and management of the COVID-19 disease by modulating the immunological mechanism to the virus in the pediatric population.

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