• DOI:10.1097/00060793-200202000-00011
Corpus ID: 87725403

Vitamin D: the underappreciated D-lightful hormone that is important for skeletal and cellular health

@article{Holick2002VitaminDT,
  title={Vitamin D: the underappreciated D-lightful hormone that is important for skeletal and cellular health},
  author={M. Holick},
  journal={Current Opinion in Endocrinology & Diabetes},
  year={2002},
  volume={9},
  pages={87-98}
}

M. Holick

Published 2002

Biology

Current Opinion in Endocrinology & Diabetes

Vitamin D deficiency is more common than realized. It is making a resurgence in neonates and is common in black patients and older adults. Vitamin D deficiency not only causes generalized muscle weakness, muscle aches, and bone aches and pains but also can precipitate and exacerbate osteoporosis and cause osteomalacia. Although the kidney plays a critical role in producing 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, which is important for regulating calcium, phosphorus, and bone metabolism, it is now recognized… CONTINUE READING

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