Vitamin D and pregnancy: An old problem revisited

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 527-539

  Barrett, Helen ^a   McElduff, Aidan ^b,c,d  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Northern Sydney Endocrine Centre   (Australia)

^d NSEC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Gestational diabetes; Pregnancy; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; ERGOCALCIFEROL; METFORMIN; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D; COLECALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS GROWTH; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFERTILITY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LACTATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEIZURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW;

CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LACTATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79952117501     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2010.05.010     Document Type: Review

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