Fall in Vitamin D Levels during Hospitalization in Children

• Main Authors: Devi Dayal (Author), Suresh Kumar (Author), Naresh Sachdeva (Author), Rakesh Kumar (Author), Meenu Singh (Author), Sunit Singhi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Plasma levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] were measured by competitive Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay (ECLIA) in 92 children (67 boys, 25 girls) aged 3 months to 12 years at admission to hospital (timepoint 1, T1) and at discharge (timepoint 2, T2). There was a significant fall in the mea...