Dimitra Vasdeki, Georgios Tsamos, Theocharis Koufakis, Dimitrios G Goulis, Byron Asimakopoulos, Vassiliki Michou, Vasileios Patriarcheas, Kalliopi Kotsa
Vitamin D (VD) plays a crucial role in regulating calcium homeostasis, while the wealth of its pleiotropic actions is gaining increasing research interest. Sufficient VD concentrations are of clinical relevance, particularly in the context of physiological alterations, such as those occurring during pregnancy when maternal VD is the sole source for the developing fetus. As a result, inadequate VD concentrations in pregnancy have been associated with perinatal complications and adverse neonatal outcomes, including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus, increased rates of cesarean section, low birth weight, small-for-gestational-age infants, poor immune and skeletal growth, allergies, and respiratory infections...
September 12, 2023: Hormones: International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism