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Screening For Vitamin D Deficiency In Females In Madina Region; Saudi Arabia. Vitamin D Deficiency In A Sunny Environment

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Background And Objective:  Poor sunlight exposure leads to vitamin D deficiency even in the sunniest places. So screening for vitamin D deficiency in outpatient clinics and inhospital setting in King Fahad Hospital , Al Madina Al Monwara. METHODS:  Screening for vitamin D deficiency by assessment of serum 25(OH)D with radioimmunoassay in 60 female patients aged 18 – 40 years. Serum calcium, phosphorous and alkaline phosphatase were assessed, too. Results:  6 female patients (10%) showed significant vitamin D deficiency with 25(OH) D < 20 ng/ml. However 54 female patients (90%) showed severe vitamin D deficiency with 25 (OH) D < 10 ng/ml. Conclusion:  Vitamin D deficiency is very common in Saudia Arabia especially females due to poor sunlight exposure. So being underrecognized and undertreated, vitamin D deficiency represents an important health problem in MADINA REGION, KSA.  

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10.21608/ejhm.2012.16224

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Vitamin D, Sunlight exposure, Females

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Eman

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Nagib

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Internal Medicine department-Ain Shams

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Mahmoud A.

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Abulmagd

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Endocrinology department-Banha

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49

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1

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3460

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2012-10-01

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2018-10-09

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2012-10-01

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891

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895

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Screening For Vitamin D Deficiency In Females In Madina Region; Saudi Arabia. Vitamin D Deficiency In A Sunny Environment

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