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Perspective: Vitamin D deficiency and COVID‐19 severity – plausibly linked by latitude, ethnicity, impacts on cytokines, ACE2 and thrombosis

BACKGROUND: SARS‐CoV‐2 coronavirus infection ranges from asymptomatic through to fatal COVID‐19 characterized by a ‘cytokine storm’ and lung failure. Vitamin D deficiency has been postulated as a determinant of severity. OBJECTIVES: To review the evidence relevant to vitamin D and COVID‐19. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Rhodes, J. M., Subramanian, S., Laird, E., Griffin, G., Kenny, R. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7361294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32613681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joim.13149