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. 2005 Nov;12(11):1587-90.
doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2005.06.018. Epub 2005 Aug 3.

[Vitamin D status in Gabonese children]

[Article in French]
B Nguema-Asseko  1 , P S Ganga-Zandzou, F Ovono, E Lendoye, G J Lemamy, B Akendengue, E Ngou Milama
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[Vitamin D status in Gabonese children]

[Article in French]
B Nguema-Asseko et al. Arch Pediatr. 2005 Nov.

Abstract

Objective: To analyse the status of vitamin D and the influence of a supplement of vitamin D in neonates and infants during the first 6 months of life in the african equatorial environnement of Gabon.

Design: Clinical (weight, height, head circumference, and diseases) and biological (calcemia, phosphatemia, serum alkaline phosphatase activity and plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels) parameters were compared between 2 groups of children: group 1: 41 infants receving a daily supplement of 1000 IU of vitamin D, and group 2: 38 infants without vitamin D supplement.

Results: No significant differences were observed between the 2 groups concerning clinical and biological parameters. In particular plasma levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were normal and similar in both groups.

Conclusion: A vitamin D supplement appears to be useless in 0 to 6 months infants living in Gabon.

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