%0 Journal Article
%T Low serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) in children with autism
%A Tostes
%A M¨˘rcia Helena F¨˘vero de Souza
%A Polonini
%A Hudson Caetano
%A Gattaz
%A Wagner Farid
%A Raposo
%A N¨˘dia Rezende Barbosa
%A Baptista
%A Edilene Bolutari
%J Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
%D 2012
%I Associa??o de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul
%R 10.1590/S2237-60892012000300008
%X objective: to confirm previous evidence suggesting an association between autism and low vitamin d serum levels. methods: this preliminary exploratory study assessed the circulating levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin d (25-ohd) in pediatric patients with autism and in typically developing controls from juiz de fora, brazil. results: serum levels of 25-ohd were lower in children with autism (26.48 ˇŔ 3.48 ng ml-1) when compared to typically developing subjects (40.52 ˇŔ 3.13 ng ml-1) (p < 0.001). conclusion: our findings attest to the importance of vitamin supplementation during pregnancy and in the treatment of children with autism, who tend to present low vitamin d consumption rates.
%K autism
%K children
%K vitamin d.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S2237-60892012000300008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en