Open AccessPROGRAMMING OF SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN: THE ROLE OF VITAMIN D
Author(s) -
L A Scheplyagina
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
osteoporoz i osteopatii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-0716
pISSN - 2072-2680
DOI - 10.14341/osteo2014331-33
Subject(s) - fetus , skeleton (computer programming) , fetal programming , vitamin d and neurology , endocrinology , vitamin d deficiency , calcium , medicine , vitamin , physiology , pregnancy , biology , anatomy , genetics
Well known that the lack of vitamin D in mother leads to its deficiency in the fetus. Vitamin D deficiency in the fetus significantly increases the risk of disorders of calcium/phosphorus metabolism, decreases of size of ante - and postnatal skeleton of the child, and affects the child ’s growth, bone mineral density and increases the risk of fractures in working age.