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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2020

Non-classical presentation of vitamin D deficiency: a case report.

Mohanad Kamaleldin Mahmoud Ibrahim, Mustafa Khidir Mustafa Elnimeiri

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohanad Kamaleldin Mahmoud IbrahimCommunity Medicine and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ibn Sina University, Khartoum, Sudan. drmuhanadkamal@hotmail.com.
Mustafa Khidir Mustafa ElnimeiriPreventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Alneelain University, Khartoum, Sudan.
Al-Neelain University · SD

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin; vitamin D is essential to sustain health and it protects against osteoporosis. It is crucial to the human body's physiology in terms of muscular movement and neurological signal transmission, and to the immune system in defense against invading pathogens. CASE PRESENTATION: This was a case of a 26-year-old Sudanese woman who presented with a 2-year history of anosmia, recurrent nasal polyps, back pain, and chronic fatigue. She was diagnosed as having a case of vitamin D deficiency and responded well to treatment.

conclusionThere is an association between vitamin D deficiency and recurrent allergic nasal conditions.

Indexed as

Nasal PolypsVitamin D DeficiencyAdultBack PainChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansVitamin DVitamin DAllergyBackacheChronic fatigabilityNasal polypsVitamin D deficiency

Identifiers

PMID32772912
PMCPMC7416384
OpenAlexW3048321715

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