Vitamin D Deficiency in Children with Epilepsy: Are We Neglecting the Most Vulnerable? Pediatrics Feb 2016
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Two quotes:
- “It has long been known that children with epilepsy are at risk of vitamin D deficiency (Offerman et al. 1979).”
- “. . children admitted with epilepsy only 28% had had vitamin D levels checked, 100% had renal function checked and 100% liver function checked. Of those children whose vitamin D levels were checked 45% had low vitamin d but only 0.05% were on vitamin D supplements.”
See also Vitamin D Life
- Epileptic children have low levels of vitamin D – Vitamin D Life which contains the following note
Vitamin D appears to treat Epilepsy, and might prevent Epilepsy
Vitamin D is depleted by many epileptic drugs
People with Epilepsy should take vitamin D so as to avoid having health problems associated with low vitamin D, such as low bone density - Epilepsy drugs decrease vitamin D levels – 2016
- Vitamin D and Rickets consensus took 80 years – how long till consensuses on 30 other health problems – Feb 2016
- Epilepsy and deficiency of vitamin D and-or Magnesium – Feb 2013
- Epilepsy category listing has
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