Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
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Serum Vitamin D Levels in Children with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis Banu Bozkurt MD, Hasibe Artac MD, Hulya Ozdemir PhD, Ali Ünlü MD, Mete Kaan Bozkurt MD & Murat Irkec MD To cite this article: Banu Bozkurt MD, Hasibe Artac MD, Hulya Ozdemir PhD, Ali Ünlü MD, Mete Kaan Bozkurt MD & Murat Irkec MD (2016): Serum Vitamin D Levels in Children with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis, Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2016.1235714 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09273948.2016.1235714
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Date: 26 October 2016, At: 21:23
Ocular Immunology & Inflammation, 2016; 00(00): 1–5 © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 0927-3948 print / 1744-5078 online DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2016.1235714
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Serum Vitamin D Levels in Children with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis Banu Bozkurt, MD1, Hasibe Artac, MD2, Hulya Ozdemir, PhD2, Ali Ünlü, MD3, Mete Kaan Bozkurt, 4 5 MD , and Murat Irkec, MD 1
Departments of Ophthalmology, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey, 2Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey, 3Biochemistry, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey, 4Otolaryngology, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey, and 5Department of Ophthalmology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D3] levels of vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) children. Methods: A total of 62 non-atopic healthy children (64.5% male, mean age 10.79 ± 3.3 years) and 29 VKC children (75.9%, mean age 12.17 ± 2.7 years) were included in the study. Serum 25(OH)D3 levels measured by HPLC were compared between the two groups and a p value of