Alterations of vitamin D3 metabolism in young women with various grades of chronic pancreatitis.

Abstract

Premenopausal patients with chronic pancreatitis are at risk of developing decreased levels of 1,25(OH2)D3. This fact may contribute to a negative calcium balance and alteration of bone metabolism. Therefore, ERCP and fecal elastase 1 verify the severity grade of a chronic pancreatitis, and thus show a vitamin D3 deficiency in young women, depending on the progress of disease.