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Giuseppe Lassandro1, Francesco Carriero1, Viviana Palmieri1
1Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Pediatric Unit, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
Objective:
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an acquired immuno-mediated disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia with an increased risk of bleeding. In recent years 1,25[OH]2D3 has been rediscovered as an immune modulator. We decided to evaluate serum Vitamin D levels in a cohort of children with immune thrombocytopenia in order to discover if Vitamin D concentrations may predict ITP duration.
Methods:
Thirty children were enrolled in this study (sixteen with chronic ITP and fourteen with newly diagnosed ITP) to assess serum Vitamin D levels.
Results:
The results showed that 80% of the enrolled children presented a D hypovitaminosis status. Children with newly diagnosis ITP showed no statistically significantly higher median values of Vitamin D compared to chronic ITP.
Conclusion:
This study may suggest that Vitamin D deficiency does not represent a chronicity factor for ITP. However, further studies are needed to understand the role of Vitamin D in ITP pathogenesis.
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