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Title: |
Vitamin D |
| Sub-title: |
New Research |
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| Edited by: |
Veronica D Stoltz |
| ISBN10-13: |
1600210007 : 9781600210006 |
| Illustrations: |
colour illus, tables & charts |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
184 |
| Weight: |
.857 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - August 2006 |
| List Price: |
230.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Medical research |
| Vitamin D is a fat-soluble steroid hormone precursor that contributes to the maintenance of normal levels of calcium and phosphorus in the bloodstream. Strictly speaking, it is not a vitamin since human skin can manufacture it, but it is referred to as one for historical reasons. It is often known as calciferol. The major biologic function of vitamin D is to maintain normal blood levels of calcium and phophorus. Vitamin D aids in the absorption of calcium, helping to form and maintain strong bones. It promotes bone mineralisation in concert with a number of other vitamins, minerals and hormones. Without vitamin D, bones can become thin, brittle, soft or misshapen. Vitamin D prevents rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults -- skeletal diseases that result in defects that weaken bones. This book gathers international research on the leading-edge of the scientific front. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; High Levels of Active 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D Despite Low Levels of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D Precursor -- Implications of Dysregulated Vitamin D for Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Disease; C/EBPB: A Candidate for ad Major Player in Vitamin D-Induced Monocytic Differentiation of Human Leukaemia Cells; Ix,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3, and Modulation of Dendritic Cells; The Clinical Significance of Vitamin D in the Treatment of Postmenopausal Bone Loss – Effects of Combined Treatment with 1-a Hydroxycholecalciferol Plus Various Ordinary Drugs; Parathyroid Hormone, Vitamin D, and Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Graves’ Disease; Vitamin D Deficiency Following Burn Injury in Children: Pathogenesis and Implications for Bone Mineralisation; Hypovitaminosis D Favours Increased Bone Turnover After Total Knee Replacement; Vitamin D Into the Skin: Therapeutic Applications into the Skin; Structure and Plasticity of the Skin; Prenatal Vitamin D Deficiency and Brain Development; Index. |
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