Nancy M S Zeidan, Hanan M Abd El Lateef, Dalia M Selim, Suzan A Razek, Ghada A B Abd-Elrehim, Mohamed Nashat, Noha ElGyar, Nevin M Waked, Attia A Soliman, Ahmed A Elhewala, Mohamed M M Shehab, Ahmed A A Ibraheem, Hassan Shehata, Yousif M Yousif, Nagwa E Akeel, Mustafa I A Hashem, Amani A Ahmed, Ahmed A Emam, Mohamed M Abdelmohsen, Mohamed F Ahmed, Ahmed S E Saleh, Heba H Eltrawy, Gehan H Shahin, Rehab M Nabil, Thoraya A Hosny, Mohamed R Abdelhamed, Mona R Afify, Mohanned T Alharbi, Mohammed K Nagshabandi, Muyassar K Tarabulsi, Sherif F Osman, Amal S M Abd-Elrazek, Manal M Rashad, Sonya A A El-Gaaly, Said A B Gad, Mohamed Y Mohamed, Khalil Abdelkhalek, Aly A Yousef
BACKGROUND: Given the sparse data on vitamin D status in pediatric COVID-19, we investigated whether vitamin D deficiency could be a risk factor for susceptibility to COVID-19 in Egyptian children and adolescents. We also investigated whether vitamin D receptor (VDR) FokI polymorphism could be a genetic marker for COVID-19 susceptibility. METHODS: One hundred and eighty patients diagnosed to have COVID-19 and 200 matched control children and adolescents were recruited...
September 9, 2022: Pediatric Research