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Vitamin D status and vitamin D deficiency risk factors among pregnancy of Shanghai in China

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background There is increasing awareness that vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women may be associated with several adverse effects for the mother and newborn. The risks for vitamin D deficiency are unclear. This study was to assess vitamin D nutritional
Chun Yang, Wu Jing, Sheng Ge, Wenguang Sun   +3 more
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Safety and Effectiveness of Stoss Therapy in Children with Vitamin D Deficiency [PDF]

, 2020
Objectives: Paediatric vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D - 25OHD) deficiency can lead to nutritional rickets and extra-skeletal complications. Compliance with daily therapy can be difficult, making high dose, short-term vitamin D (stoss) therapy attractive ...
Tannous, Paul
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Vitamin D: the role of the sunshine vitamin [PDF]

, 2013
The importance of vitamin D in physical disorders has been well documented. Deficiency in this vitamin is associated with a wide range of physical and mental disorders that include, heart problems, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, various cancers, and ...
Currid, T. J., Mushore, M., Mutsatsa, S., Ncube, K.   +3 more
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Evolutionarily divergent DUF4465 domains have a common vitamin B12‐binding function

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We show that DUF4465 family proteins, widespread across bacteria from gut microbiomes, hydrothermal vents, and soil, share a common vitamin B12‐binding function. These augmented β‐jellyroll proteins bind vitamin B12 via extended loops. Our findings establish sequence‐diverse DUF4465 proteins as a widespread class of B12‐binding proteins, highlighting ...
Charlea Clarke, Michal Banasik, Rokas Juodeikis, Martin J. Warren, Richard W. Pickersgill   +4 more
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The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
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Serum retinol concentration and prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in postpartum women [PDF]

Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde, 2011
Objective: To check the serum retinol concentration and assess the nutritional status of postpartum women assisted at Januario Cicco Maternity School, Natal / RN in relation to vitamin A deficiency.
Juliana Cristina de Oliveira Dantas, Ana Caroline Perez Medeiros, Karla Danielly da Silva Ribeiro Rodrigues, Roberto Dimenstein   +3 more
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Vitamin D and Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

Biomolecules, 2023
Vitamin D is a steroid hormone with potent immune-modulating properties. It has been shown to stimulate innate immunity and induce immune tolerance. Extensive research efforts have shown that vitamin D deficiency may be related to the development of ...
Lambros Athanassiou, Ifigenia Kostoglou-Athanassiou, Michael Koutsilieris, Yehuda Shoenfeld   +3 more
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Vitamin D deficiency in patients with Behcet’s disease [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Behcet’s disease is an autoimmune, recurrent and multisystem disease. Vitamin D has immunomodulator role in immune system. So that vitamin D deficiency was reported in some autoimmune diseases.
Fereydoun Davatchi, Maassoumeh Akhlaghi, Majid Ghanavat, Narges Ansari, Pedram Paragomi, Seyedeh Faezi   +5 more
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Spinal Cord Infarction Versus Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis: Clinical, Radiological, and Functional Insights From a Retrospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare but devastating myelopathy, characterized by a high disability rate and an unfavorable prognosis. It has often been underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed as idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM). This study aimed to describe the clinical features, radiological biomarkers, treatments, and functional ...
Zeqiang Ji, Jianlong Zhang, Yiming Shi, Shiyu Shan, Yang Du, Guangshuo Li, Ying Jin, Yani Zhang, Chuanying Wang, Yijun Lin, Yuhao Guo, Decai Tian, Xingquan Zhao, Tian Song   +13 more
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Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) with Some Associated Risk Factors among Children Aged 1 to 5 Years in Rural Maharashtra – A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: Nutrition is an indispensable part of human life. Vitamin A deficiency(VAD) is the most important cause of preventable blindness in young children. It has long been a nutritional problem of public health significance in India and continues to
Raghavendra NR. Swamy, Priyanka N Akahade, P Abhinaya, Arvindkumar Waghmare, Satish V Gujalwar   +4 more
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