Given the recent spate of reports of vitamin D deficiency, there is a need to reexamine our
understanding of natural and other sources of vitamin D, as well as mechanisms whereby …

This Clinical Report was retired October 2012. Rickets in infants attributable to inadequate
vitamin D intake and decreased exposure to sunlight continues to be reported in the United …

Background Children with acute pneumonia may be vitamin D deficient. Clinical trials have
found that prophylactic vitamin D supplementation decreases children's risk of developing …

Adequate vitamin D status during pregnancy is crucial to assure normal fetal skeletal growth
and to provide the vitamin D needed for infants' stores. To determine the actual situation in …

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 284 pregnant women and their neonates referred to
Fatemiyeh Hospital of Shahroud were included. Blood samples of mothers and umbilical …

Vitamin D has emerged from obscurity, and its effects on various organ systems throughout
the body down to the cellular level are being discovered. What was once thought to be a …

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a widespread disorder
characterized by recurrent, partial or complete episodes of apnea due to upper airway tract …

Recently, significant attention has been paid to aspects of health associated with vitamin D
deficiency in the current population; this interest has coincided with identification of …

Nutritional deficiencies have always been a major consideration in pediatrics. Although the
classic forms of many of the well-documented nutritional deficiencies are memorized during …

The present statement addresses the advances in knowledge and practice related to vitamin
D since the Canadian Paediatric Society statement on vitamin D in 2002 (6) and makes …