Vitamin D metabolism

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• Published Subscription 12 Jan 2021

  Maternal and Fetal Consequences of Vitamin D Deficiency during Pregnancy: An Overview

  By Asad Jamal Ansari, Md Afroz Ahmad, Nishat Fatima, Mohd Imran, Shayna Bano, Mohd Ajmal

  Abstract: Apprehensions exist about the adequacy of vitamin D in pregnant and lactating women. Maternal vitamin D status influences maternal, fetal, and breast-fed infant bone health; maternal adverse outcomes (bone health, gestational diabetes, obstructed labor, preeclampsia, and infectious disease); fetal adverse outcomes (growth, bone health, gestational age, intrauterine growth, type 1 diabetes, asthma, immune development and cardiac disease); and infant adverse outcomes. Throughout pregnancy, maternal vitamin D standing may be of …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 12–28 Read article →