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Inventi Impact: Dermatology

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  • Inventi:hdr/19118/16
    Relationship between Vitamin D Status and Striae Distensae: A Case-referent Study
    01-Jan-1970 Research 2016 : April - June
    Rafaela Koehler Zanella, Denis Souto Valente, Leo Francisco Doncatto, Daniele Dos Santos Rossi, Aline Grimaldi Lerias, Alexandre Vontobel Padoin

    Vitamin D (VD) plays a role in the skin regulation. Striae Distensae (SD) are manifestations of epidermal atrophy that occurs after\ntissue tearing due to overstretching or rapid growth.The objective of this study was to investigate the relation between serumVDand\noccurrence of SD in women who had undergone mammaplasty with silicone implants. A case-referent study was conducted. The\nblood values of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) were measured before the surgery. For each patient postoperatively diagnosed with\nSD, four other participants submitted to the same surgery, without the development of SD, were enrolled as the healthy controls.\n67 women with SD after the surgery entered the study. 268 formed the control group. In the serum of healthy controls 25OHD\nmean was 27 ng/mL, and SD cases presented 20 ng/mL (

    How to Cite this Article
    CC Compliant Citation: Rafaela Koehler Zanella, Denis Souto Valente, Leo Francisco Doncatto, Daniele Dos Santos Rossi, Aline Grimaldi\nLerias, and Alexandre Vontobel Padoin, â??Relationship between Vitamin D Status and Striae Distensae: A Case-Referent Study,â?\nDermatology Research and Practice, vol. 2015, Article ID 640482, 5 pages, 2015. doi:10.1155/2015/640482, http://\ncreativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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