Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0665
ISSN: 2161-0665
Hassan Mohamed Al-Aasy
Egypt
Research Article
Vitamin D is an Adjuvant Therapy for Egyptian Children with Autism
Author(s): Hassan Mohamed Al-Aasy, Mohamed Abdelaziz El-Gamasy, Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelmageed, Mohsen Mostafa Eldeeb and Ashraf SanadHassan Mohamed Al-Aasy, Mohamed Abdelaziz El-Gamasy, Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelmageed, Mohsen Mostafa Eldeeb and Ashraf Sanad
Background: Many previous publications reported role of vitamin D insufficiency in pathogenesis of many disorders including psychiatric diseases such as autism and its mimic conditions. Few numbers of publications have studied role of vitamin D in development of autism in childhood. Aim: The aim this work was to study the status of vitamin D in autistic children by evaluation of serum levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25 (OH) vitamin D) in Autistic pediatric patients and to study the beneficial role of vitamin D therapy as adjuvant therapy for this disease. Materials and methods: This study was conducted on forty pediatric patients who achieved the diagnostic criteria of autism depending on the 4th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-4). Thirty age and sex matched children served as control group. They were selected from pediatric and neuropsychiatric d.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0665.1000331