Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in thalassaemia
| Autor: | S.A. Doxiadis, S Tsitoura, N Amarilio, S. Pantelakis, P Lapatsanis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Malabsorption Adolescent Thalassemia Physiology vitamin D deficiency Internal medicine medicine Vitamin D and neurology Humans Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin d Child business.industry Hydroxycholecalciferols Thalassemia/*blood medicine.disease Hydroxycholecalciferols/*blood Endocrinology Bone lesion Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Seasons business Research Article |
| Popis: | Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were measured in 36 thalassaemic children and 27 controls aged 5-15 years. Blood specimens were collected from the beginning of April until the end of October 1976. We considered as the winter period the first 3 months and the summer period the last 4 months. We found that (a) thalassaemic children had lower levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D than controls: (b) there was a seasonal variation of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in both groups; and (c) the thalassaemic children had malabsorption of vitamin D. We suggest that the bone lesions in thalassaemic children are related to vitamin D deficiency. Archives of Disease in Childhood |
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