Vitamin D deficiency in children and its management: review of current knowledge and recommendations

M Misra, D Pacaud, A Petryk, PF Collett-Solberg… - …, 2008 - publications.aap.org
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 …

Vitamin D, effects on brain development, adult brain function and the links between low levels of vitamin D and neuropsychiatric disease

DW Eyles, THJ Burne, JJ McGrath - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2013 - Elsevier
Increasingly vitamin D deficiency is being associated with a number of psychiatric
conditions. In particular for disorders with a developmental basis, such as autistic spectrum …

Prevention of rickets and vitamin D deficiency in infants, children, and adolescents

CL Wagner, FR Greer… - …, 2008 - publications.aap.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal vitamin D intake during pregnancy and early childhood wheezing

G Devereux, AA Litonjua, SW Turner, LCA Craig… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Background: Maternal intake of vitamin D in pregnancy is a potentially modifiable but
understudied risk factor for the development of asthma in children. Objective: We …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and the risk for gestational diabetes mellitus

C Zhang, C Qiu, FB Hu, RM David, RM van Dam… - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Evidence is accumulating for a role of vitamin D in maintaining normal glucose
homeostasis. However, studies that prospectively examined circulating concentrations of 25 …

Vitamin D–deficiency rickets among children in Canada

LM Ward, I Gaboury, M Ladhani, S Zlotkin - Cmaj, 2007 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Based on regional and anecdotal reports, there is concern that vitamin D–
deficiency rickets is persistent in Canada despite guidelines for its prevention. We sought to …

Vitamin D and the brain

LR Harms, THJ Burne, DW Eyles, JJ McGrath - Best practice & research …, 2011 - Elsevier
Vitamin D is a member of the superfamily of nuclear steroid transcription regulators and as
such, exerts transcriptional control over a large number of genes. Several other steroids …

Maternal early pregnancy vitamin D status in relation to fetal and neonatal growth: results of the multi-ethnic Amsterdam Born Children and their Development cohort

ER Leffelaar, TGM Vrijkotte… - British Journal of Nutrition, 2010 - cambridge.org
Low vitamin D levels during pregnancy may account for reduced fetal growth and for altered
neonatal development. The present study explored the association between maternal …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal vitamin D concentrations during pregnancy, fetal growth patterns, and risks of adverse birth outcomes

K Miliku, A Vinkhuyzen, LME Blanken… - The American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background: Maternal vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy may affect fetal outcomes.
Objective: The objective of this study was to examine whether maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D …

Association of subclinical vitamin D deficiency in newborns with acute lower respiratory infection and their mothers

G Karatekin, A Kaya, Ö Salihoğlu, H Balci… - European journal of …, 2009 - nature.com
Results: The two groups were similar in gestational week, birth weight, birth height, head
circumference, age and gender. The mean serum 25 (OH) D concentrations in the study …