A MINI-OVERVIEW OF VITAMIN D

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Military Medical Academy, Cairo 11291, Egypt.

2 Senior Resident, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital.

3 Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566.

Abstract

Generally speaking, vitamins are essential for man and animal. Vitamin D is essential for good overall health and strong and healthy bones. It's an important factor in making one sure of his muscles, heart, lungs and brain…etc. Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies are common worldwide, causing nutritional rickets and osteomalacia, which have a major impact on health, growth, and development of infants, children, and adolescents; consequences can be lethal or can last into adulthood. This mini-review gives an overview of vitamin D.

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