The role of vitamin D in children with recurrent Tonsillopharyngitis

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yildiz, Ismail ^a   Unuvar, Emin ^a   Zeybek, Umit ^b   Toptas, Bahar ^b   Cacina, Canan ^b   Toprak, Sadk ^c   Kilic, Ayse ^a   Aydin, Salih ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Infection; Tonsillitis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT TONSILLOPHARYNGITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUNLIGHT; TONSILLITIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RECURRENCE; TONSILLITIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84861925299     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-38-25     Document Type: Article

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