Vitamin D in clinical medicine /
Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent today not only among the elderly but pervasively throughout all ages of life. This is due, in part, to systemic diseases that affect vitamin D metabolism, to changes in lifestyle, such as insufficient exposure to sunlight, and to increased use of sunscreen. Apart fr...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Basel :
Karger,
2018.
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| Colección: | Frontiers of hormone research / series editor Ezio Ghigo
vol. 50 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver documento en línea |
| Sumario: | Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent today not only among the elderly but pervasively throughout all ages of life. This is due, in part, to systemic diseases that affect vitamin D metabolism, to changes in lifestyle, such as insufficient exposure to sunlight, and to increased use of sunscreen. Apart from the obvious effects of vitamin D deficiency on skeletal metabolism, the problem is assuming even greater significance because observational and interventional studies have linked vitamin D deficiency to cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. This book addresses a variety of important issues that have emerged from this fast-moving area of clinical medicine. The topics include assays of vitamin D and its binding protein, effects on aging and associated complications, primary and secondary states of altered parathyroid hormone secretion, vitamin D in the growing years of children and adolescents, nutritional requirements, and vitamin D as it relates to systemic disorders such as diabetes mellitus. Vitamin D in Clinical Medicine aims to offer new insights, in an evidence-based way, on important issues related to vitamin D. It is written for general practitioners and internists, as well as for endocrinologists, nutritionists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, and oncologists. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso en línea (viii, 206 páginas) : ilustraciones (algunas a color), diagramas (algunas a color), gráficos (algunos a color), archivo de texto, PDF. |
| ISBN: | 9783318063394 9783318063387 |
| Acceso: | Acceso al texto completo para la comunidad de la UCR por medio de la cuenta institucional |