| Vitamin D in children and adolescents. | |
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PMID: 22536773 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Abstract Vitamin D is essential for bone growth and development in children and adolescents. Vitamin D deficiency leads to rickets, characterized by defective bone formation, in infants and children. Vitamin D prophylaxis during the first years of life has empirically shown to be effective in combating rickets in infants in some countries. Vitamin D insufficiency can have negative effects on bone health in older children and in adolescents. Vitamin D supplementation has been shown to have an effect on bone mineral density at least in vitamin D deprived older children and adolescents but not in those with a normal vitamin D status. A good vitamin D status during pregnancy seems to be important for bone health in the off-spring later in life, but randomized controlled studies are needed to establish an effect of vitamin D during pregnancy on bone and other health outcomes in the offspring. Vitamin D supplementation during childhood may offer protection against diabetes type 1, but randomized controlled trials are needed to ascertain causality. |
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Christel Lamberg-Allardt |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum Volume: 243 ISSN: 0085-591X ISO Abbreviation: Scand. J. Clin. Lab. Invest. Suppl. Publication Date: 2012 |
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Created Date: 2012-04-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 2984789R Medline TA: Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 124-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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University of Helsinki Department of Food and Environmental Sciences , Finland. |
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