INTRODUCTION Vitamin D insufficiency to pregnant women has been associated with a number of adverse consequences, and has been recognized as a public health concern. The aim of this study was to evaluate vitamin D status of Morrocan pregnant women and their newborns. Our study is being the first of its kind in Morocco, as it supports the program of systematic supplementation of pregnant women i...

A patient with putative corneal neuralgia was incidentally discovered to have hypovitaminosis D. Supplementation of vitamin D appears to have led to a resolution of the patient's pain, whereas other efforts to treat the patient were unsuccessful.

Aim of the study was to assess the Vitamin D levels in the antenatal women in pregnancy, to find out the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and to correlate that with obstetrics complications like Preeclampsia, GDM, Anemia and IUGR. Vitamin D levels were done by measuring 25hydroxy vitamin D in the serum by Chemiluminescent Immunoassay and accordingly patients were grouped as sufficient, insuff...

Epidemiological and experimental evidence suggest that vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases. The activated form of vitamin D exerts several immunomodulating properties in vitro and in vivo, that could contribute to explain the association with multiple sclerosis. Hypovitaminosis D is also associated with several other neurological diseases t...

Objective: To determine the association between preeclampsia and hypovitaminosis D in females presenting during third trimester of pregnancy. Design: case control study Setting: This research was conducted at department Obs & Gynae, Lady Willingdon Hospital ( LWH ) , Lahore. Duration study: 6 months Sampling Technique: Non probability consecutive sampling Material methods: Total 330 pregnan...

Blacks have been documented to have low vitamin D levels. We thus examined whether total cancer incidence and mortality rates differ between Blacks and Whites in a population of male health professionals, and particularly for digestive system cancers (oral, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, and colorectum), which have been most consistently linked to poor vitamin D status. Second, we examined wheth...

OBJECTIVES A role for vitamin D in the pathogenesis of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases is emerging. We undertook an audit of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) investigation and treatment in rheumatology outpatients. METHODS Serum 25OHD requests were matched to electronic medical records from rheumatology and metabolic bone clinics (April 2006-March 2007). Data were analysed separately for two ...