%0 Journal Article %T Correla£¿£¿o entre fotoprote£¿£¿o e concentra£¿£¿es de 25 hidroxi-vitamina D e paratorm£¿nio %A Maia %A Marcus %A Maeda %A Sergio Setsuo %A Mar£¿on %A Carolina %J Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia %D 2007 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia %R 10.1590/S0365-05962007000300004 %X background - the great concern about skin cancer risk led to the dissemination of photoprotection in high scale. nowadays the association of this recommendation and the risk of develop hypovitaminosis d is discussed. objective - to evaluate vitamin d storage in patients submitted to sun protection. methods - the levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin d (25ohd) and parathyroid hormone (pth) were evaluated in groups of individuals living in the city of s£¿o paulo who received or not orientation about photoprotection. results - significant differences in 25ohd levels were found between the groups, being higher in the photoexposed group (35.40 ng/ml [21.86-72.20]) as compared to the photoprotected group (29.20 ng/ml [23.10-45.80]). there was also difference in pth levels, being higher in the photoexposed group (29.80 pg/ml [18.98-73.94]) in comparison to the photoprotected group (19.24 pg/ml [8.06-66.18]). conclusions - despite these differences, there were no individuals presenting vitamin d deficiency in this sample and pth levels were within normal range. the routine solar ultraviolet radiation was enough to promote appropriate synthesis of 25ohd. %K osteomalacia %K parathyroid hormone %K skin neoplasms %K sunscreening agents %K vitamin d. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0365-05962007000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en