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The Association Between Vitamin D and Urinary Tract Infection in Children: A Case-Control Study

Background and objective Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the common causes of febrile illness in young children. Vitamin D influences the levels of endogenous cathelicidin, an antimicrobial peptide, which improves bladder wall immunity and prevents UTIs. In light of this, we conducted this s...

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Autores principales: Chidambaram, Sathya, Pasupathy, Umapathy, Geminiganesan, Sangeetha, R, Divya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9221777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35755563
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25291