Vitamin D insufficiency in a boy with obsessive-compulsive disorder

GÜL ÇELİK G., TAŞ ARSLAN D., ALTUN VARMIŞ D., YOLGA TAHİROĞLU A., AVCI A.

PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL, cilt.58, sa.7, ss.646-648, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 58 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/ped.12941
  • Dergi Adı: PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.646-648
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Vitamin D deficiency not only causes low bone mass but also may lead to neuropsychiatric disorders. In the present case, vitamin D supplementation reduced obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms associated with streptococcal infection in a 7-year-old boy. Sudden onset of symptoms, including excessive hand washing and fear of touching anything, had occurred 1month before presentation. Although there are few studies on a possible causal relationship between vitamin D and neuropsychiatric disorders, the present report; together with previous data, suggest an etiological role of vitamin D-related immune processes.