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

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.3/28
• Soggetto topico: Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D in human nutrition; Deficiency diseases
• Altri autori: LernerVladimir MiodownikChanoch
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Vitamin D deficiency
• ISBN: 1-61470-984-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910969167603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Nutrition and diet research progress series.