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Hypovitaminosis D-induced Pain

Nutrition Reviews, 2004
Vitamin D deficiency is a problem of considerable magnitude that has reemerged as a major public health issue in the United States and several other developed countries. Vitamin D plays a crucial role in calcium homeostasis in the body. Hypovitaminosis D leads to osteomalacia and increased risk of fractures, especially in the elderly.
Ranjan, Mascarenhas, Sohrab, Mobarhan
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Hypovitaminosis D in Older Adults

Gerontology, 2003
Vitamin D deficiency is increasingly recognised as a common problem among older adults. In addition to the well-known role of vitamin D in calcium homeostasis and the maintenance of bone health, recent research has started to characterise the importance of vitamin D in neuromuscular function and the way this may relate to functional performance and ...
Theresa J, Allain, Jugdeep, Dhesi
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Hypovitaminosis D in a Sunny Country

New England Journal of Medicine, 1999
To the Editor: Some normal subjects and a substantial proportion of patients with various illnesses in the United States and northern Europe have vitamin D insufficiency,1–4 but information from co...
Deeb, Mary, Fuleihan, Ghada El-Hajj
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Hypovitaminosis D in Healthy Schoolchildren

Pediatrics, 2001
Background. Vitamin D is essential for skeletal growth, but there are currently no guidelines for vitamin D supplementation after infancy. This study investigates vitamin D insufficiency in healthy children. Methods.
G, El-Hajj Fuleihan, M, Nabulsi, M, Choucair, M, Salamoun, C, Hajj Shahine, A, Kizirian, R, Tannous   +6 more
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Hypovitaminosis A in Patients with Mucocutaneous Candidiasis

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1973
Levels of vitamin A and (3-carotene in serum were studied in twelve patients with mucocutaneous candidiasis. Subnormal levels of vitamin A were found in seven patients. The remaining five patients had normal concentrations (20-70 Etg/100 ml), but they were all in the lower half of the range. All 12 patients had normal levels of (-carotene.
L F, Montes, C, Krumdieck, P E, Cornwell
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[Electrophysiology in hypovitaminosis A].

Ceska a slovenska oftalmologie : casopis Ceske oftalmologicke spolecnosti a Slovenske oftalmologicke spolecnosti, 2000
Electroretinographic examinations performed according to the international standard were used in two patients with alimentary hypovitaminosis A. In one instance a mentally caused long-term deficiency of dietary vitamin A intake was involved, in the second instance a fistula from the proximal jejunum into the transverse colon.
J, Svĕrák, R, Jebavá, D, Hejcmanová, J, Peregrin, L, Sobotka   +4 more
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Hypovitaminosis A: Contemporary Scientific Issues ,

The Journal of Nutrition, 1994
Contemporary scientific issues relating to vitamin A can be divided into three groups dealing with metabolism, physiology, and public health and policy. Current metabolic issues include intestinal interactions with other nutrients and food components, the pathways and control of carotenoid metabolism, the mechanisms underlying transport homeostasis ...
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Hypovitaminosis A in pigs

Australian Veterinary Journal, 1988
M J, Carrigan, J R, Glastonbury, J V, Evers   +2 more
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Hypovitaminosis A in the Americas

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1970
J G, Chopra, J, Kevany
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Hypovitaminosis A: International Programmatic Issues

The Journal of Nutrition, 1994
The virtual elimination of vitamin A deficiency and all its consequences is high on the political agenda as a solvable public health problem by the end of the decade. Five to six times more children in the developing world are likely to be subclinically than clinically deficient. Subclinical deficiency can be detected by newer methodological approaches.
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