title: Measurement of 24,25 dihydroxyvitamin D in sera of neonates and children.
abstract: Serum concentration of 25OHD and 24,25(OH)2D were measured in lipid extracts of serum by competitive radioassay following separation of the metabolits by Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography. The concentration of 24,25(OH)2D in children and adolescents (3.3 +/- 1.3 SD ng/ml) was significantly greater (P less than 0.01) than the levels recorded in neonates (1.8 +/- 0.6 ng/ml), and was approximately one-tenth the concentration of 25OHD in the two populations (children 35.2 +/- 9.2 ng/ml; neonates 14.4 +/- 3.4 ng/ml, P less than 0.01). Although 24,25(OH)2D is present in significant quantities in the sera of children and adolescents, its metabolic function remains unknown at present.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000097:blood*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011485:Protein Binding; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols