title: Shedding light on hypovitaminosis D and rickets.
abstract: The recent resurgence of the ancient disease of vitamin D deficiency rickets and the widespread presence of hypovitaminosis D across the age spectrum pose significant challenges for today's clinicians. Furthermore, new research into previously unsuspected actions of vitamin D in multiple cell systems offer the possibility that vitamin D will play an increasingly important role in our understanding of a wide variety of disease states.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Pallavi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: Frank B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Diamond
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012279:Rickets / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000502:physiology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014815:Vitamins / Q000502:physiology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014815:Vitamins; D014807:Vitamin D