Ageing and vitamin D deficiency: Effects on calcium homeostasis and considerations for vitamin D supplementation

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1597-1606

  Oudshoorn, Christian ^a   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J M ^a   Mcmurdo, Marion E T ^b   Van Leeuwen, Johannes P T M ^a   Colin, Edgar M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Calcium; Supplementation; Vitamin D; Vitamin D receptor; Vitamin D resistance

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CALBINDIN; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 23; KLOTHO PROTEIN; OXYGENASE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 5; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 6; VITAMIN D;

AGING; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D INTOXICATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGING; CALCIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 67649443801     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509338842     Document Type: Review

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