Vitamin D insufficiency in a boy with obsessive-compulsive disorder

作者：Celik Gonca^*; Tas Didem Arslan; Varmis Dilek Altun; Tahiroglu Aysegul; Avci Ayse

来源：Pediatrics International, 2016, 58(7): 646-648.

DOI：10.1111/ped.12941

• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infection
• vitamin D

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.

• 出版日期2016-7