e20010#Background:For the year 2019, the United States age-adjusted rate of new Multiple Myeloma (MM) cases was 6.8 per 100,000 people and the age-adjusted death rate was 3 per 100,000 people. Vitamin D Deficiency (VDD) and associated complications are very common in MM patients. Aim ...
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the University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Heart Disease at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; the Foundation to Promote Research Into Functional Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Bergen, Norway; by an unrestricted private donation; and by Alpharma Inc, Copenhagen, Denmark, who provide...
At 12 months, 29% of participants had neurological findings (diminished Achilles reflex, reduction of vibration sense in the great toe, or an extensor plantar sign) that could represent cobalamin deficiency but also might be observed in stroke, diabetes, or other conditions. The percentage of ...
Clues from the epidemiology of schizophrenia, such as the increased risk in those born in winter/spring, have led to the hypothesis that prenatal vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of later schizophrenia. We wish to explore this hypothesis in a large Danish case-control study (n =...
inadequate intake of vitamins and minerals due to poor diet as a major contributing factor to many child health problems in the US and around the world, including anemia (low iron), hypothyroid (low iodine), scurvy (vitamin C deficiency), and rickets (calcium and/or vitamin D deficiency). ...
VDR deficiency results in significant alterations in the levels of polyamines: Box-plot diagrams showing increased levels of polyamines metabolites namely, (A) N1, N12-diacetylspermine, (B) diacetylspermidine, (C) N ('1) acetylspermidine were noted following VDR deletion (in VDRΔIEC & VDR...
C) PTH D) Calcitonin E) calcium in diet F) estrogen Skeletal System: The skeletal system is one of the body's system that performs many functions such as protecting the body's internal organs from injury (stress), help in movement,...
This information was also used to oversample Black participants, who have higher rates of vitamin D deficiency than other racial groups.15 Participants were required to have no history of CVD (myocardial infarction, stroke, transient ischemic attack, angina, or revascularization) or cancer and be ...
hypovitaminosis D was also correlated with the presence of auto-immune disease. These findings warrant further investigations into the etiology of vitamin D deficiency in individuals with DS, and into the impact of supplementation, particularly as it pertains to the prevention of autoimmune disease ac...