Focuses exclusively on extraskeletal effects of vitamin D and its deficiency
Discusses the role of vitamin D in autoimmune and infectious disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, neurological disease and cognitive function
Ideal for clinical endocrinologists and primary care physicians

Focuses exclusively on extraskeletal effects of vitamin D and its deficiency Discusses the role of vitamin D in autoimmune and infectious disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, neurological disease and cognitive function Ideal for clinical endocrinologists and primary care physicians

Autorentext

Emilia Pauline Liao, MD, Assistant Professor, Zucker School of Medicine at Hoftsra/Northwell, Lenox Hill Hospital, Division of Endocrinology, New York, NY, USA

Inhalt
Vitamin D Biochemistry and Physiology.- Vitamin D and Autoimmune Diseases.- Vitamin D and Infectious Diseases.- Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer.- Vitamin D and Colon Cancer.- Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes.- Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension.- Vitamin D and Obesity.- Vitamin D and Reproductive Function.- Vitamin D and Muscle Weakness.- Vitamin D and Neurological Diseases.- Vitamin D and Cognitive Function.