Prevailing Serum Vitamin D Levels among Individuals in South Karnataka

Serum vitamin D levels in girls with central precocious puberty

Precocious puberty can cause several adverse effects on final growth and social behavior in girls. Recently studies showed that low serum vitamin D levels might be associated with precocious puberty. The aim of  this research was to investigate the association between serum vitamin D levels and central precocious puberty in girls. Girls with central precocious puberty under the age of 8 we...

Normal serum vitamin D levels.

515 and prompt intrathecal administration of antiserum would make such adjuvant therapy problematic. Morton N. Swartz, M.D. Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 1. Fothergill LD. Hemophilus influenzae (Pfeiffer bacillus) meningitis and its specific treatment. N Engl J Med 1937;216:58790. 2. Flexner S. The results of the serum treatment in thirteen hundred cases of epidemic meningitis...

Vitamin D serum levels in allergic rhinitis

Vitamin D serum levels and allergic rhinitis.

In addition to its role in the regulation of calcium metabolism, vitamin D has a number of immunological effects. Several studies in children found an effect of oral supplementation on allergic sensitization but so far there are no population-based studies of vitamin D serum levels. We therefore examined 25(OH)-D(3) status in 18,224 adults of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination ...

Lead Serum Levels in Opium-Dependent Individuals

Abstract Backgrond: Drug abuse, especially opium abuse, is a major public health problem in Iran. Recent reports suggest that opium sellers cheat their customers by adding lead to the opium. Contaminated opium can threaten the health of consumers. The present study aimed to compare the serum level of lead between opium dependents and a control group. Methods: This was a cross-sectio...