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Dexamethasone treatment may mitigate adverse effects of vitamin D deficiency in hospitalized Covid-19 patients.

Charlotte WenbanRandeep S HeerVadir BaktashPirabakaran KandiahTheodora KatsanouliAsmita PandeyRyan GoindooAfiyah AjazKoenraad Van den AbbeeleAmit K J MandalConstantinos G Missouris
Published in: Journal of medical virology (2021)
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with elevated markers of cytokine storm and higher ventilatory requirements in hospitalized Covid-19 patients. Dexamethasone treatment appears to mitigate adverse effects of vitamin D deficiency.
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