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23. Effect of Long-term Vitamin D2 Treatment on Bone Morphometry and Biochemical Values in Anticonvulsant Osteomalacia

Author

Lund B, Melsen F, Sorenson Oh, Christensen Ms, and L. Mosekilde

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Adult, Male, Vitamin, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Bone disease, Parathyroid hormone, Bone and Bones, vitamin D deficiency, Bone resorption, chemistry.chemical_compound, Internal medicine, Internal Medicine, Vitamin D and neurology, medicine, Humans, Bone Resorption, Osteomalacia, Epilepsy, Hydroxycholecalciferols, business.industry, Phosphorus, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, medicine.anatomical_structure, Endocrinology, chemistry, Parathyroid Hormone, Ergocalciferols, Anticonvulsants, Calcium, Female, business, Cancellous bone
Abstract

Quantitative morphometric analyses of iliac crest biopsies from 20 epileptic patients receiving chronic anticonvulsant therapy have been performed before and after 4-8 months of vitamin D2 treatment with 9 000 U per day. Biochemical quantities, including serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-HCC) and serum parathyroid hormone (iPTH), were measured. The anticonvulsant osteomalacia found in the initial bone biopsies was characterized by an increased amount of ummineralized bone, an increased bone resorption and, contrary to vitamin D deficiency, an increased bone mineralization and bone formation. Bone resorption and bone formation were probably equally increased since the amount of cancellous bone was normal. Except for a slight increase in osteoidcovered surfaces and osteoclastic resorption surfaces, the bone changes were normalized after vitamin D2 treatment, leading to a mean serum level of 25-HCC 2.4 times above normal. Serum iPTH was normal before and unchanged during D2 therapy. The urinary calcium excretion remained decreased. The investigation characterizes anticonvulsant osteomalacia as a specific bone disease different from that of vitamin D deects of vitamin D metabolites on receptor cells.

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2009

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