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Hypovitaminosis D3, Leukopenia, and Human Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa.
Mediators of inflammation - 1 Jan 2016
Tasegian Anna, Curcio Francesco, Dalla Ragione Laura, Rossetti Francesca, Cataldi Samuela, Codini Michela, Ambesi-Impiombato Francesco Saverio, Beccari Tommaso, Albi Elisabetta
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D3 has been described to have different extraskeletal roles by acting as parahormone in obesity, diabetes, cancer, cognitive impairment, and dementia and to have important regulatory functions in innate immunity. There are no studies showing extraskeletal changes associated with hypovitaminosis D3 in eating disorders. Methods. We have analyzed the blood of 18 patients affected by anorexia nervosa and...
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