title: Deconstructing vitamin D deficiency.
abstract: Vitamin D deficiency causes advanced aging of bone tissue with accumulation of microcracks (Busse et al., this issue).
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Diseases, Dresden Technical University Medical Center, D-01307 Dresden, Germany. lorenz.hofbauer@uniklinikum-dresden.de
authors.forename: Lorenz C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hofbauer
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hamann
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications*