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- Title
Seasonal variation of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
- Authors
Bours, P H A; Wielders, J P M; Vermeijden, J R; van de Wiel, A
- Abstract
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at risk of osteoporosis. Vitamin D (vitD) deficiency is known as a risk factor of osteoporosis. We observed low vitD blood levels in adult IBD patients both at the end of summer and winter. Furthermore, effects of oral vitD supplementation in (generally low) daily dosages were poor.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2011, Vol 22, Issue 11, p2857
- ISSN
1433-2965
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-010-1484-y