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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
Springer Nature
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Background Epileptic children can pose an additional risk of poor bone health; this study aimed to evaluate
the influence of anti-seizure medications (ASMs) on vitamin D level and sclerostin as a bone turnover biomarker
in children with epilepsy.
Subject and methods This case–control comparative study was conducted on 180 children aged from 5–18 years
diagnosed with epilepsy according to the definition of the International League Against Epilepsy on ASMs for more
than 3 months and were classified into 90 epileptic children on ASM monotherapy and 90 epileptic children on ASM
polytherapy, in addition to 90 healthy children age- and sex-matched who served as controls. After obtaining basic
data, laboratory investigations were performed, including serum calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, parathyroid
hormone, vitamin D, and serum sclerostin.
Results When we compared epileptic patients to the control group, there was a statistically significant low level
of vitamin D, calcium, and phosphorus and a high level of sclerostin among both epileptic groups with mono or polytherapy.
Sclerostin has a statistically significant negative correlation with vitamin D, alkaline phosphatase and parathyroid
hormone. Additionally, it has a negative correlation with serum phosphorus, but without a significant correlation.
On the other hand, sclerostin has a statistically positive correlation with age and serum calcium, but without a
significant correlation. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to predict the contributing factors of sclerostin.
Only duration of treatment and BMI were significant predictors of high levels of sclerostin. In contrast, the other
factors failed to show any significant contribution.
Conclusion The present study showed that ASMs modulate the serum levels of sclerostin and vitamin D hence,
might be involved in their adverse effects on bone.
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