A MINI-OVERVIEW OF VITAMIN D | ||
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
Article 5, Volume 47, Issue 3, December 2017, Pages 493-504 PDF (441.56 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2017.77704 | ||
Authors | ||
AHMAD H. F. EL-TAWDY1; MOSTAFA SHABAN AHMED HEMDAN1; WEJDAN ESSAM AHMED ISA2; TOSSON A. MORSY3 | ||
1Military Medical Academy, Cairo 11291, Egypt. | ||
2Senior Resident, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital. | ||
3Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566. | ||
Abstract | ||
Generally speaking, vitamins are essential for man and animal. Vitamin D is essential for good overall health and strong and healthy bones. It's an important factor in making one sure of his muscles, heart, lungs and brain…etc. Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies are common worldwide, causing nutritional rickets and osteomalacia, which have a major impact on health, growth, and development of infants, children, and adolescents; consequences can be lethal or can last into adulthood. This mini-review gives an overview of vitamin D. | ||
Keywords | ||
Vitamin D; Sources; Deficiency; Repletion; calcium; Insect allergy; Type 2 diabetes mellitus | ||
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