%0 Journal Article
%T The efficacy of vitamin D3 supplementation in increasing 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in childhood vitiligo patients receiving 308-nm-excimer light phototherapy
							| Dermatology Reports
%A D.P. Larasati
%A Hendra Gunawan
%A Inne Arline Diana
%A Oki Suwarsa
%A Pramita K.C. Nugrahaini
%A Reiva Farah Dwiyana
%A Reti Hindritiani
%J Dermatology Reports
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2019.8049
%X Vitamin D deficiency is a condition often found in various autoimmune diseases, including vitiligo. There were clinical improvements in autoimmune patients who had been given oral vitamin D supplementation, as well as vitiligo patients. This study aimed to analyze the comparison effect of a combination therapy of 308-nmexcimer light phototherapy and vitamin D3 supplementation toward 308-nm-excimer light phototherapy alone to increase of serum 25-(OH)D levels in childhood vitiligo patients. Subjects consisted of 16 childhood vitiligo patients that divided into two groups; group I was given a combination of 308-nm-excimer light phototherapy and 5000 IU of vitamin D3 supplement once daily, while group II was given monotherapy of excimer light. There were highly significant increase of 25-(OH)D serum in both groups which were 324.00¡À119.066% and 29.84¡À36.106%, respectively. The very significant result was seen in a comparison of average increased of serum 25-(OH)D levels between both groups. The study concluded that combination of 308-nm-excimer light phototherapy and vitamin D3 supplementation gave a better effect than phototherapy only to increase of serum 25- (OH)D levels in childhood vitiligo patients
%K Childhood vitiligo
%K excimer light phototherapy
%K serum 25-(OH)D
%K vitamin D
%U https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/dr/article/view/8049