Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency and rickets continue to be health problems in developing countries and most of the infants with congenital rickets may present with hypocalcemic seizure.   Case Report: In this article, the report on four infants who presented with hypocalcemic seizures but subsequently were found to have congenital rickets is presented. All of them had hypocalcaemia and low l...

vitamin d (vit d) deficiency is determined by serum 25-oh-d. several studies revealed high prevalence of vit d deficiency in females of the asian sunny countries. 162 females referred to urmia orthopedic clinics, with bone and muscle pain with the ages 15 up to 40 yrs participated in the study. the individuals were not pregnant, lactating, with no systemic or neurological diseases during the co...

Background Vitamin D deficiency is associated with physiologic changes that are similar to pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Although association of vitamin D and preeclampsia has been studied previously, their results are not consistent. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of serum vitamin D and calcium with preeclampsia severity. Materials and Methods: This case- control st...

Background: The prevention and correction of vitamin D deficiency requires a precise depiction of the current situation and identification of risk factors in each region. The present study attempted to determine these entities using a systematic review and meta-analysis in Iran.Methods: Articles published online in Persian and English between 2000 and November 1, 2016, were reviewed. This was c...

maternal vitamin d deficiency is one of the major risk factors for neonatal vitamin d deficiency followed by neonatal hypocalcaemia. the aim of this study is to determine the relationship between delayed neonatal hypocalcaemia and maternal vitamin d deficiency. this is a descriptive cross-sectional study. target population of this study included all term and preterm neonates with delayed hypoca...

background: vitamin d has a potential to modulate inflammatory response against noxious particles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd). the present study was conducted to determine the status of serum vitamin d in copd versus healthy group. methods: the patients presented to the outpatient pulmonary clinic of ayatollah rouhani hospital, babol iran. diagnosis of copd was...

background several studies indicated that there is a high prevalence of vitamin d deficiency in middle east countries. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and assess some risk factors of vitamin d deficiency among women attending our clinics in tehran, the capital of iran. patients and methods five hundred and thirty-eight women aged 20-80 years were entered in this...