During pregnancy and lactation, female physiology adapts to meet the added nutritional
demands of fetuses and neonates. An average full-term fetus contains∼ 30 g calcium, 20 g …

Pregnant women and newborns are at increased risk of vitamin D deficiency. Our objective
was to create a global summary of maternal and newborn vitamin D status. We completed a …

This review describes the vitamin D status in different regions of the world with the objective
of understanding the scope of hypovitaminosis D and the factors related to its prevalence …

Low vitamin D levels during pregnancy may account for reduced fetal growth and for altered
neonatal development. The present study explored the association between maternal …

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common disorder caused by bacterial
agents in pregnancy, which can lead to important complications in newborn of such mothers …

Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency during pregnancy has been linked to increased risk of
preeclampsia. Placenta dysfunction plays an important role in the pathogenesis of this …

Background and objective: Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy has important health
implications for the mother and infant. This study was designed to determine the prevalence …

The traditionally recognized role of vitamin D consists in the regulation of bone metabolism
and calcium‐phosphorus homeostasis but recently a lot of in vitro and in vivo studies …

Vitamin D deficiency has been widely reported in all age groups in recent years. Rickets has
never been eradicated in developed countries, and it most commonly affects children from …

The present cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the vitamin D status of
pregnant Indian women and their breast-fed infants. Subjects were recruited from the …