Hypovitaminosis D: A Contributor to Psychiatric Disorders in Elderly?
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Hypovitaminosis D: A Contributor to Psychiatric Disorders in Elderly?
BACKGROUND Hypovitaminosis D is unrecognized and remarkably common in geriatric patients, with various clinical manifestations. The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess the vitamin D (VD) status in newly admitted psychogeriatric patients, and to study the correlation of VD status with indicators of calcium metabolism. METHODS A valid VD sample, as measured by serum 25-hydroxyvita...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Geriatrics Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1925-8348
DOI: 10.5770/cgj.15.39