"Vitamin D" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A vitamin that includes both CHOLECALCIFEROLS and ERGOCALCIFEROLS, which have the common effect of preventing or curing RICKETS in animals. It can also be viewed as a hormone since it can be formed in SKIN by action of ULTRAVIOLET RAYS upon the precursors, 7-dehydrocholesterol and ERGOSTEROL, and acts on VITAMIN D RECEPTORS to regulate CALCIUM in opposition to PARATHYROID HORMONE.
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D014807
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.812.768
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| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin D" by people in Profiles.
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Influence of vitamin D supplementation on bone mineral content, bone turnover markers, and fracture risk in South African schoolchildren: multicenter double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial (ViDiKids). J Bone Miner Res. 2024 Apr 19; 39(3):211-221.
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Influence of vitamin D supplementation on growth, body composition, pubertal development and spirometry in South African schoolchildren: a randomised controlled trial (ViDiKids). BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Apr 10; 8(1).
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The role of vitamin D in paediatric bone health. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2024 Jan; 12(1):4-5.
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Comment on Hosseini et al. Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on COVID-19 Related Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients 2022, 14, 2134. Nutrients. 2022 Dec 23; 15(1).
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The association of vitamin D binding protein levels and genotypes with type 1 diabetes in the black South African population. BMC Endocr Disord. 2022 Jul 17; 22(1):182.
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Association with Iron Deficiency in African Children. Nutrients. 2022 Mar 25; 14(7).
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Longitudinal changes in vitamin D and its metabolites in pregnant South Africans. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2021 09; 212:105949.
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Prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in young African children. BMC Med. 2021 05 20; 19(1):115.
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Maternal and neonatal vitamin D status at birth in black South Africans. S Afr Med J. 2019 Sep 30; 109(10):807-813.
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Maternal plasma vitamin D levels and associated determinants in late pregnancy in Harare, Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019 Jun 28; 19(1):218.