Low serum vitamin-D status is associated with high prevalence and early onset of type-1 diabetes mellitus in Kuwaiti children

BACKGROUND: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is highly prevalent in Kuwait with incidence of around 40.1/100,000 individuals. Evidence indicate that vitamin D plays an important role in modulating the immune system and could thus impact the onset and high prevalence of T1DM. We report serum vitamin D...

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Autores principales: Rasoul, Majedah A., Al-Mahdi, Maria, Al-Kandari, Hessa, Dhaunsi, Gursev S., Haider, Mohammad Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27422640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-016-0629-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27422640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-016-0629-3

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