Vitamin D Deficiency
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Adequacy of vitamin D replacement in severe deficiency is dependent on body mass index.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with hypovitaminosis D. Whether body mass index (BMI) determines the replacement dose of vitamin D to achieve sufficiency is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between BMI and serum 25-OH vitamin D ... Read more...

Vitamin D and non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk in adults: a review.

30 Oct 2009 Animal and human studies support a protective effect of vitamin D sufficiency related to malignancy by uncovering paracrine and autocrine effects of extra-renal 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) activation including regulation of cell cycle ... Read more...

25-hydroxyvitamin D and cardiovascular risk factors in women with systemic lupus erythematosus.

13 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: Low serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D; vitamin D) are associated with a higher frequency of cardiovascular disease and risk factors in the general population. Vitamin D deficiency has also been noted in systemic lupus ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Vitamin D Deficiency'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Adequacy of vitamin D replacement in severe deficiency is dependent on body mass index. 30 Oct 2009
• Vitamin D and non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk in adults: a review. 30 Oct 2009
• Vitamin D2 treatment for vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency for up to 6 years. 24 Oct 2009
• 25-hydroxyvitamin D and cardiovascular risk factors in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. 13 Oct 2009
• Recognition and management of vitamin D deficiency. 13 Oct 2009
• Effect of vitamin D on tuberculosis and HIV replication depends on conversion to calcitriol and concentration. 13 Oct 2009
• Periodontitis, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and vitamin D. 13 Oct 2009
• Impact of micronutrient deficiencies on obesity. 29 Sep 2009
• Vitamin D earns more than a passing grade. 29 Sep 2009
• Perinatal outcomes, including mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and child mortality and their association with maternal vitamin D status in Tanzania. 29 Sep 2009
• Skin cancer meets vitamin D: the way forward for dermatology and public health. 29 Sep 2009
• [Hungry bone syndrome due to vitamin-D deficiency] 26 Sep 2009
• [Vitamin D status and disease--hasty conclusions?] 22 Sep 2009
• Autism spectrum disorders following in utero exposure to antiepileptic drugs. 20 Sep 2009
• Vitamin D status and the risk of cardiovascular disease death. 15 Sep 2009
• Hyperparathyroidism and vitamin D deficiency predispose to bone loss in renal transplant recipients. 13 Sep 2009
• Vitamin D levels in healthy men in eastern Saudi Arabia. 30 Aug 2009
• [Fat soluble vitamins for maintaining bone health] 30 Aug 2009
• [Hepato-biliary and pancreatic disease and osteodystrophy] 30 Aug 2009
• [Worldwide vitamin D deficiency. Report: Northern Europe has better values than Mediterranean countries] 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Vitamin D Deficiency'

Definition: A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN D in the diet, insufficient production of vitamin D in the skin, inadequate absorption of vitamin D from the diet, or abnormal conversion of vitamin D to its bioactive metabolites. It is manifested clinically as RICKETS in children and OSTEOMALACIA in adults. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1406)

Descriptor UI: D014808

Alternative terms: Vitamin D Deficiency; Deficiency, Vitamin D; Deficiencies, Vitamin D; Vitamin D Deficiencies;

Related Mesh Headings: Rickets;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C18.654.521.500.133.770;

Technical Notes: DF: VITAMIN D DEFIC