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 …

Vitamin D plays an essential role in regulating calcium and phosphate metabolism and
maintaining a healthy mineralized skeleton. Humans obtain vitamin D from sunlight …

Abstract The 2 nd International Conference on Controversies in Vitamin D was held in
Monteriggioni (Siena), Italy, September 11-14, 2018. The aim of this meeting was to address …

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 …

The role of vitamin D in maintaining bone health has been known for decades. Recently,
however, the discovery that many tissues expressed the vitamin D receptor and were able to …

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 …

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 …

Vitamin D testing and treatment is a subject of controversial scientific discussions, and it is
challenging to navigate through the expanding vitamin D literature with heterogeneous and …

Abstract The 6th International Conference,“Controversies in Vitamin D,” was convened to
discuss controversial topics, such as vitamin D metabolism, assessment, actions, and …

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