SERUM-25 - HYDROXYVITAMIN D3 LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER-DISEASE

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 24  (4) , 256-258
Abstract
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels were determined in chronic hepatic diseases by a radioreceptor assay and correlated with serum albumin, Ca and Pi. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 serum levels were significantly lower in all chronic hepatic diseases compared to normal patients. The low levels are correlated with the degree of parenchymal damage, not with the etiology of hepatic disease. In alcoholic liver disease 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels are significantly lower when cirrhosis is present than in mere fatty liver. Pi and Ca were close to the lower range of normal and significantly lower than in the control group studied.

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