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Vitamin D Status and Recurrent Wheezing in Infancy: Is There a Link?

Author: Joseph L. Mathew

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 12-13/2016

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At the present time, vitamin D has become a favourite whipping boy for a variety of clinical conditions. It appears that significant proportions of infants, children and adults, have biochemical evidence of vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency, yet do not suffer from the classical clinical features of rickets/osteomalacia. On the other hand, low(er) levels have been associated with a diverse array of clinical conditions but without strong evidence of a cause-and effect relationship. …

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Title: Vitamin D Status and Recurrent Wheezing in Infancy: Is There a Link?
Author: Joseph L. Mathew
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 12-13/2016
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2242-8

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