Vitamin D in Clinical Medicine

A. Giustina, J.P. Bilezikian (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

206 Seiten

2018
Karger, S (Verlag)
978-3-318-06338-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent today not only among the elderly but pervasively throughout all ages of life.This is due, in part, to systemic diseases that affect vitamin D metabolism, to changes in lifestyle, such as insufficient exposure to sunlight, and to increased use of sunscreen. Apart from the obvious effects of vitamin D deficiency on skeletal metabolism, the problem is assuming even greater significance because observational and interventional studies have linked vitamin D deficiency to cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. This book addresses a variety of important issues that have emerged from this fast-moving area of clinical medicine. The topics include assays of vitamin D and its binding protein, effects on aging and associated complications, primary and secondary states of altered parathyroid hormone secretion, vitamin D in the growing years of children and adolescents, nutritional requirements, and vitamin D as it relates to systemic disorders such as diabetes mellitus. Vitamin D in Clinical Medicine aims to offer new insights, in an evidence-based way, on important issues related to vitamin D. It is written for general practitioners and internists, as well as for endocrinologists, nutritionists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, and oncologists.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.03.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Frontiers of Hormone Research
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Federica Guaraldi, Giovanni Corona
• Zusatzinfo: 10 fig., 4 in color, 14 tab.
• Verlagsort: Basel
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 190 x 255 mm
• Gewicht: 730 g
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
• Schlagworte: Cardiovascular System • endocrinology • Nutrition • Oncology • pneumology
• ISBN-10: 3-318-06338-X / 331806338X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-318-06338-7 / 9783318063387
• Zustand: Neuware