Antiepileptic drug-induced osteopenia in ambulatory epileptic children receiving a standard vitamin D3 supplement
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2005
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Freund Publishing House Ltd
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is a non-invasive, rapid, accurate and highly reproducible method for the assessment of antiepileptic drug (AED)-induced osteopenia in epileptic children. In this study, we investigated bone mineral density (BMD) using DEXA in 56 epileptic children receiving long-term AED treatment for at least 2 years. All children received AED monotherapy or polytherapy plus a standard vitamin D3 supplement (400 U/day). BMD measurements were made from lumbar spine (L2-L4) regions. Age- and sex-specific BMD SD scores were calculated for each child. Osteopenia was defined as SD scores less than -1.5. There was no significant difference in mean BMD values between epileptic children receiving monotherapy or polytherapy. The results were also compared to the age- and sex-specific BMD SD scores obtained from healthy Turkish children. Only three patients (5%) receiving AED therapy had a BMD SD score less than -1.5. This rate is relatively lower than the rates of previous studies conducted on ambulatory children on long-term AED treatment without vitamin D3 supplementation. © Freund Publishing House Ltd., London.
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Antiepileptic drug, Bone mineral density, Epilepsy, Osteopenia, Vitamin D
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Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Q2
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18
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6
