Vitamin D and bone fracture healing

Vitamin D and Bone Healing

Bone fracture healing pdf

Vitamin D and fracture prevention.

This article discusses the amount of vitamin D supplementation needed and the desirable 25-hydroxyvitamin D level to be achieved for optimal fracture prevention.

Bone injury and fracture healing biology.

OBJECTIVE To better comprehend the molecular structure and physiological function of the housefly larval peritrophic matrix (PM), a mass spectrometry approach was used to investigate the PM protein composition. METHODS The PM was dissected from the midgut of the third instar larvae, and protein extracted from the PM was evaluated using SDS-PAGE. A 1D-PAGE lane containing all protein bands was...

Vitamin D in Foot and Ankle Fracture Healing: A Literature Review and Research Design.

UNLABELLED Vitamin D is a generic name for a group of essential vitamins, or secosteroids, important in calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism. Specifically, efficacy of vitamin D with regard to bone healing is in question. A literature review was performed, finding mostly large studies involving vitamin D effects on prevention of fractures and randomized animal model studies consisting of con...