Maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy and neonatal health: evidence to date and clinical implications

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 124-135

  Karras, Spyridon N ^a   Fakhoury, Hana ^b   Muscogiuri, Giovanna ^c   Grant, William B ^d   van den Ouweland, Johannes M ^e   Colao, Anna Maria ^f   Kotsa, Kalliopi ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Ios and Coleman Medicina Futura Medical Center   (Italy)

^d Sunlight   (United States)

^e CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

hypovitaminosis D; infectious diseases; pregnancy; preterm birth; small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERAL; DENTAL CARIES; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84978269136     PISSN: 1759720X     EISSN: 17597218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1759720X16656810     Document Type: Review

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