Vitamin D supplementation can prevent and cure nutritional rickets in infants and children.
Preclinical and observational data suggest that the vitamin D endocrine system has a wide …

Vitamin D testing and the use of vitamin D supplements have increased substantially in
recent years. Currently, the role of vitamin D supplementation, and the optimal vitamin D …

Background Vitamin D deficiency causes the bone hypomineralization disorder
osteomalacia in humans and is associated with many non-skeletal disorders. We aim to …

Background Numerous studies demonstrate associations between serum concentrations of
25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH] D) and a variety of common disorders, including …

The etiology of endemic rickets was discovered a century ago. Vitamin D is the precursor of
25-hydroxyvitamin D and other metabolites, including 1, 25 (OH) 2D, the ligand for the …

Vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D)< 50 nmol/L or 20 ng/mL) is
common in Europe and the Middle East. It occurs in< 20% of the population in Northern …

Research carried out during the past two-decades extended the understanding of actions of
vitamin D, from regulating calcium and phosphate absorption and bone metabolism to many …

Vitamin D deficiency has a high worldwide prevalence, but actions to improve this public
health problem are challenged by the heterogeneity of nutritional and clinical vitamin D …

Vitamin D is an essential nutrient for bone health and may influence the risks of respiratory
illness, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and chronic diseases of adulthood. Because many …

Severe vitamin D deficiency may cause rickets in infants or children and osteomalacia in
adults, though it is now uncommon in developed countries. However, subclinical vitamin D …