Pattern of vitamin D in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and in patients with bronchial asthma

Objective: To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients with COPD and bronchial asthma, and the relation of vitamin D serum levels to pulmonary spirometric measures as well as other important clinical parameters that could affect quality of life in these patients. Subjects and met...

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Main Authors: Essam Gouda, Mohamed Zidan, Heba Gharraf, Doreene Nazeih Younan, Samar Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-04-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763816300164