Şeref Şimşek

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Dicle University, School of Medicine, Department of Child Psychiatry, Diyarbakır, Turkey.

[ 1 ] - The Association between Depression and Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Levels in Adolescents

Background Depression, a challenging disorder, affects 1–6% of adolescents and early onset often predicts more serious manifestations in later life. Elevated Parathyroid hormone (PTH), parathormone levels have reported among adults with depression. In this study, the roles of 25(OH) D (vitamin D) and parathormone during adolescence, in which the frequency of depression is high, were studied. Ma...