22.05.2019 | Original Article
The relationship between serum vitamin D levels and intima-media thickness in term infants
Erschienen in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Ausgabe 7/2019
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What is Known:
• Vitamin D deficiency is linked to a series of diseases, including cardiovascular disease.
• Studies in adults and high-risk children have shown that the measurement of the intima-media thickness represents an excellent marker of subclinical atherosclerosis.
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What is New:
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This is the first study evaluating the relationship between 25(OH)D vitamin level and intima-media thickness in term healthy neonates.
• Vitamin D deficiency in neonates may induce atherosclerosis early in life and the aortic intima-media thickness measurements may be used as an early marker for detection.
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