background: the prevalence of vitamin d deficiency is higher in end-stage renal disease (esrd) patients compared to healthy populations. this deficiency could lead to several complications with different mechanisms and might result in reduced survival in patients. leptin and adiponectin are messenger proteins with endocrine secretion from adipocytes and various effects in cellular mechanisms. t...

conclusions only 11% of kidney transplant patients, even with a successful transplantation of the kidney and with an acceptable performance of the transplanted kidney, had an adequate level of vitamin d. although, we did not find any significant association between vitamin d levels and cmv infection during a 4-month follow-up after kidney transplantation. it was observed that, compared with the...

neutrophil mobility in 60 patients with vitamin d-deficient rickets is studied, and the patients are followed after therapy by 600,000 units vitamin d. 28 of 60 patients (46%), had low chemotaxis for neutrophils before vitamin d injection (migration), and 36 of 60 (60%) had low random mobility. the results showed a significant improvement after vitamin d therapy furthermore, the level of calciu...

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...

background: diabetes has become the next most widespread disease after cancer. recent studies have found that diabetes and moderate to severe vitamin d defi ciency are associated with reduced bone mineral content; therefore administration of vitamin d may correct these conditions. the purpose of this research is to compare the effect of vitamin d administration on bone to implant contact in dia...

background iron and vitamin d inadequacy are both essential wellbeing issues, an extra advancement has been the vitamin d extra skeletal role. late collecting proof demonstrates that vitamin d inadequacy is pervasive in people with pallor, we meant to recognize a potential relationship between vitamin d lack and iron insufficiency. materials and methods a case control study was done in erbil, i...

Background Iron and vitamin D inadequacy are both essential wellbeing issues, an extra advancement has been the vitamin D extra skeletal role. Late collecting proof demonstrates that vitamin D inadequacy is pervasive in people with pallor, we meant to recognize a potential relationship between vitamin D lack and iron insufficiency. Materials and Methods A case control study was done in Erbil, I...

Background: According to the recent studies, vitamin D deficiency has been correlated with progress in type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of vitamin D supplementation on glucose and lipid profiles, blood pressure, and biomarkers of liver and kidney in type 2 diabetic patients.    Methods: In this Double blinded randomized clinical t...