Open AccessVitamin D Deficiency and Radiological Findings in Adult Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
Author(s) -
Elif Yelda Niksarlıoğlu,
Lütfiye Kılıç,
Deniz Bilici,
Burcu Arpınar Yiğitbaş,
Mehmet Atilla Uysal,
Güngör Çamsarı
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish thoracic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2149-2530
DOI - 10.5152/turkthoracj.2019.18139
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d deficiency , bronchiectasis , vitamin d and neurology , gastroenterology , cystic fibrosis , vitamin , vitamin a deficiency , retinol , lung
Vitamin D may play an important role in immunity and its deficiency has been related to increased respiratory infections. The aim of this study was to detect the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and to investigate the relationship between radiological and clinical effects on adult bronchiectasis (BR) patients.