Serum Vitamin D Levels in Children with Immune Thrombocytopenia.
Autoimmunity
D vitamin
children
chronicity
immune thrombocytopenia
platelets.
Journal
Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets
ISSN: 2212-3873
Titre abrégé: Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets
Pays: United Arab Emirates
ID NLM: 101269157
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
12
02
2019
revised:
20
03
2019
accepted:
20
03
2019
pubmed:
18
6
2019
medline:
20
11
2020
entrez:
18
6
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an acquired immuno-mediated disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia with an increased risk of bleeding. In recent years 1,25[OH]2D3 has been rediscovered as an immune modulator. We decided to evaluate serum Vitamin D levels in a cohort of children with immune thrombocytopenia in order to discover if Vitamin D concentrations may predict ITP duration. Thirty children were enrolled in this study (sixteen with chronic ITP and fourteen with newly diagnosed ITP) to assess serum Vitamin D levels. The results showed that 80% of the enrolled children presented a D hypovitaminosis status. Children with newly diagnosis ITP showed no statistically significantly higher median values of Vitamin D compared to chronic ITP. This study may suggest that Vitamin D deficiency does not represent a chronicity factor for ITP. However, further studies are needed to understand the role of Vitamin D in ITP pathogenesis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31203812
pii: EMIDDT-EPUB-98818
doi: 10.2174/1871530319666190614152709
doi:
Substances chimiques
Biomarkers
0
Vitamin D
1406-16-2
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
221-226Informations de copyright
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