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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969167603321

Titolo

Vitamin D deficiency / / Vladimir Lerner and Chanoch Miodownik, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science, c2012

ISBN

1-61470-984-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Nutrition and diet research progress

Altri autori (Persone)

LernerVladimir

MiodownikChanoch

Disciplina

615.3/28

Soggetti

Vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin D in human nutrition

Deficiency diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Update on low levels of 25ohd and outcomes : our experience / SN Zeni, MLP Martin de Portela -- Vitamin D deficiency : an independent risk-factor or a marker of poor health / Y. Liel -- Vitamin D and hypertension / J. Pérez-Castrillón, M. Ruiz-Mambrilla -- Vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular disease / A. Steinvil, I. Shapira, O. Rogowski -- Role of hypovitaminosis D in osteoporotic hip fracture / Larrosa, E. Casado, I. Vázquez -- Vitamin D, nutritional imprinting, and prostate cancer / J. Kaludejrovic ... [et al.] -- Vitamin D deficiency in children and adolescents / P. Pitukcheewanont, S-F Lin, N. Punyasavatsut -- Vitamin D in the elderly / T. Dwolatzky -- Schizophrenia, vitamin D, and autoimmunity : are low serum vitamin D levels related to immune system abnormalities? : new aspects and review of the literature / D. Itzhaky ... [et al.] --  Vitamin D levels and bisphosphonate treatment in patients with Paget's disease of bone / SA Polyzos ... [et al.].

Sommario/riassunto

Vitamin D is a secosteroid, fat-soluble vitamin and a hormone precursor that plays an important role in bone metabolism and has certain anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating properties as well. It appears to have an effect on numerous diseases and disorders, including osteoporosis, chronic musculoskeletal pain, diabetes,



multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular disease and cancers of the breast, prostate and colon. Although it is a well-known fact that combination of vitamin D and calcium is necessary to maintain bone density as people age, vitamin D may also be an independent risk factor for falls among the elderly. This book introduces the importance of vitamin D and its overall deficiency in human life. The book contains nine chapters and a commentary in which the authors try to summarize some of the most interesting and important subjects in which vitamin D plays a major role.