title: Vitamin d deficiency in patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis.
abstract: Vitamin D is now widely recognized to have multiple extraskeletal health functions. The liver is one of the major organs involved in its metabolism. Recent studies have demonstrated a very high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. There is an emerging interest to explore the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and prevalence and severity of non-alcoholic liver disease and response to antiviral therapy in hepatitis C. In this review, we discuss the current status of our understanding of vitamin D metabolism and vitamin D deficiency in patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis.
authors: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
authors: Lei Yuan
authors: LY
authors: Lim
authors: Naga
authors: N
authors: Chalasani
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism