Correlation between serum vitamin D evel and severity of community acquired Pneumonia in young children

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 519-521

  Ren, Jing ^a   Sun, Bin ^a   Miao, Po ^a   Feng, Xing ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Child; Community acquired pneumonia; Risk factor; Severity; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84885450725     PISSN: 10088830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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