Vitamin D — is everything as simple as it seems?

Authors

  • N. Tovstolytkina St. Paraskeva Medical Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22141/2224-0721.15.4.2019.174821

Keywords:

vitamin D, calcitriol, 1-alpha-hydroxylase, deficiency, insufficiency

Abstract

Even centuries after the discovery of vitamin D, there are gaps in understanding the role of its endocrine system. It is clear that vitamin D is important for stimulation of calcium absorption in the intestines in normal/low calcium intake, and, as a result, it is needed to maintain normal calcium homeostasis and bone growth. In addition, numerous pleiotropic actions of vitamin D were identified. This article contains information on vitamin D metabolism, its importance for general health, main directions of examination and optimal treatment strategy, as well as possible complications of treatment. Also, attention was paid to laboratory diagnosis as a method for determining vitamin D deficiency and controlling possible complications in vitamin D treatment.

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2021-09-01

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Tovstolytkina, N. (2021). Vitamin D — is everything as simple as it seems?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY (Ukraine), 15(4), 334–338. https://doi.org/10.22141/2224-0721.15.4.2019.174821

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Vol. 15 No. 4 (2019)

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To practicing Endocrinologists

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