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NUTRITIONAL RICKETS – REVISITED
Nutritional rickets is a bone disease in early childhood resulting in bone pain, delayed motor development, and bending of the bones, caused by vitamin D deficiency and/or inadequate dietary calcium intake. The consequences of nutritional rickets include
P. Pludowski, I. N. Zakharova
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Vitamin B12 deficiency in children from Northern India: Time to reconsider nutritional handicaps
Background and Aims: Subclinical Vitamin B12 deficiency is a very common entity in the Indian subcontinent with devastating clinical and socio-economic consequences.
Swati Umasanker+7 more
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Decreased serum vitamin D level as a prognostic marker in patients with COVID-19 [PDF]
Background: The corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, is still localized outbreak and has resulted in a high rate of infection and severe disease in older patients with comorbidities.
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Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to an increased risk of a wide range of adverse health outcomes. The active form of vitamin D has an important role in calcium metabolism and in bone mineralisation, but the evidence for other health outcomes is mixed,
Geldenhuys, Sian+3 more
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Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) may aggravate liver fibrosis. In this study, a novel oral targeting nanoemulsion is fabricated to enhance the therapeutic effect of antifibrotic drug‐pirfenidone (PFD) on fibrosis after TACE. Studies have shown that PFD nanoemulsion can enhance the oral liver targeting effect of PFD, and effectively improve the ...
Zhimei Cheng+12 more
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Plasma kinetics of vitamin A in humans after a single oral dose of [8,9,19-13C]retinyl palmitate
The kinetics of vitamin A and its major metabolites were investigated in humans. Eleven healthy male subjects ingested 105 mumol (100,000 IU) of [8,9,19-13C]retinyl palmitate in an oily solution.
D V Reinersdorff, E Bush, D J Liberato
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Recent Advances in the Synthesis of K-Vitamins
The term «Vitamin K» is a collective name and embraces a whole series of 2-methyl-1,4- naphthoquinone derivatives which play a decisive part in the control of blood clotting.
August Rüttimann
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Background: The prevalence of childhood obesity with its complications has increased in the world. Obesity, along with antioxidants deficiency (due to an unhealthy diet), might change the balance in favor of oxidative stress.
Bahareh Vard+4 more
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Is there a role for vitamin C in preventing osteoporosis and fractures?:A review of the potential underlying mechanisms and current epidemiological evidence [PDF]
Osteoporosis and related fractures are a major global health issue, but there are few preventative strategies. Previously reported associations between higher intakes of fruits and vegetables and skeletal health have been suggested to be partly ...
Ailsa A. Welch+23 more
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Vitamin D – The Vitamin Hormone
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays an important role in bone metabolism and seems to have some anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating properties. For most people sunlight is the most important source of vitamin D. The time required to make sufficient vitamin D varies according to a number of environmental, physical and personal factors, but
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