Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the general features of rickets, classification of the
various causes of the disease, and nutritional rickets. Rickets is a clinical syndrome …

Nutritional rickets remains a global public health problem, despite effective and inexpensive
means to prevent and treat the disease. It is most prevalent in the infant/toddler age groups …

This study investigated the effect of vitamin D supplementation in patients with dry eye
syndrome (DES) refractory to conventional treatment with vitamin D deficiency. A total of 105 …

Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Dietetic Products,
Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) was asked to revise the tolerable upper intake level (UL) for …

Objective To evaluate the non-inferiority of a lower therapeutic dose (300,000 IU) in
comparison to standard dose (600,000) IU of Vitamin D for increasing serum 25 (OH) D …

Objective: Comparison of efficacy and safety of two different regimens of vitamin D—600 000
IU as a single intramuscular dose, and 60 000IU orally once a week for 10 weeks—in …

Background Accumulating evidences from experimental, epidemiologic and clinical studies
support the potential linkage between poor vitamin D status and the risk of developing …

Purpose Vitiligo is a disease of acquired depigmentation characterized by the destruction of
melanocytes. A theoretical association between low level of 25‐hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) …

METHODS A retrospective analysis of pathology records was performed to ascertain patient
age, patient gender, sample collection date, plasma or serum 25 (OH) D levels, calcium and …

Aim: To compare efficacy and safety of 90,000 IU versus 300,000 IU oral single dose vitamin
D for treatment of nutritional rickets. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting …