The plethora of vitamin D studies over the recent years highlight the pleomorphic effects of
vitamin D outside its conventional role in calcium and bone homeostasis. Vitamin D …

Abstract The Third International Conference on Controversies in Vitamin D was held in
Gubbio, Italy, September 10–13, 2019. The conference was held as a follow up to previous …

Background: Inadequate serum vitamin D is associated with secondary
hyperparathyroidism, increased bone turnover, and bone loss, which increase fracture risk …

Vitamin D deficiency is considered a public health problem due to its worldwide high
prevalence and adverse clinical consequences regarding musculoskeletal health. In …

Adequate vitamin D status is necessary and beneficial for health, although deficiency
plagues much of the world's population. In addition to reducing the risk for bone disease …

Vitamin D deficiency has been identified as a common metabolic/endocrine abnormality.
Despite known dietary sources of vitamin D and the role of sunlight in its production, much of …

The incidence of vitamin D deficiency is rising worldwide, yet in the vast majority of patients,
the condition remains undiagnosed and untreated. Current evidence overwhelmingly …

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble hormone that traditionally has been linked to bone health.
Recently, its involvement has been extended to other (extra-skeletal) disease areas, such as …

Severe vitamin D deficiency can be defined as the dose of vitamin D or serum 25OHD
concentrations needed to prevent nutritional rickets or osteomalacia. There is large …

Abstract Summary On September 29, 2011, acknowledged experts in the field of vitamin D,
mainly European, were brought together in order to discuss the recent scientific advances in …