Vitamin D status in a Brazilian cohort of adolescents and young adults with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection

The purpose was to determine the prevalence and related factors of vitamin D (VitD) insufficiency in adolescents and young adults with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus. A cohort of 65 patients (17.6 ± 2 years) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were examined for pu...

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Main Authors: Annie Schtscherbyna, Carla Gouveia, Maria Fernanda Miguens Castelar Pinheiro, Ronir Raggio Luiz, Maria Lucia Fleiuss Farias, Elizabeth Stankiewicz Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2016-02-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762016000200128&lng=en&tlng=en