vitamin d deficiency has been proposed as an associating factor with increased blood pressure. we studied the relationship between serum vitamin d and blood pressure in a large representative sample of iranian population. in this cross-sectional study, based on the data of 2508 adults (aged between 20 and 70 years) from the iran multicenter osteoporosis study (imos), the association between ser...

Background: The 25-hydroxyvitamin D3(25-OH D3)deficiency is a common problem worldwide, and it is aprevalent incidence in neonates. Different studies investigated the relationship of vitamin D deficiency with neonatal mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and respiratory distress in preterm neonates.Methods: A prospective cohor...

introduction: vitamin d deficiency and rickets continue to be health problems in developing countries and most of the infants with congenital rickets may present with hypocalcemic seizure.   case report: in this article, the report on four infants who presented with hypocalcemic seizures but subsequently were found to have congenital rickets is presented. all of them had hypocalcaemia and low l...

background: the prevalence of vitamin d deficiency and its causative factors has been estimated more frequently in elder popula­tion, women, and patients with osteoporosis in different countries, but this issue is less defined in male population within different age groups especially in asian countries. therefore, we studied the role of effective factors in vitamin d defi­ciency and its prevale...

Background: Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a rare autoimmune blistering disease of the skin and mucous membranes. Because vitamin D deficiency is associated with many immune disorders, we compared the levels of vitamin D between PV patients and healthy controls. Methods: Vitamin D level of 20 patients with PV was compared with 20 healthy individuals matched for age, gender, hours spent in the sun, ...

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency and rickets continue to be health problems in developing countries and most of the infants with congenital rickets may present with hypocalcemic seizure.   Case Report: In this article, the report on four infants who presented with hypocalcemic seizures but subsequently were found to have congenital rickets is presented. All of them had hypocalcaemia and low l...

introduction: online medicare is a method in which parts of a medical process, whether its diagnostics, monitoring or the treatment itself will be completed by using online services. at the first step the students were registered for using the system. they participated in estimating depression scale; anxiety scale and clinical interview by online medical care system.  subsequently, the lab exam...

background: exposure to sunlight is the main source of vitamin d production. this study was performed to assess the status of serum vitamin d across the different seasons in geographic region of babol, with latitude of 36 in northern iran. methods: the study – female participants were 15 years old and above selected prospectively according to the inclusion criteria who attended an outpatient cl...

background: vitamin d (vit d) is linked to various conditions including musculoskeletal, metabolic and   cardiopulmonary diseases. however, it is not clear whether correction of vit d deficiency exerts any beneficial effect in patients with pulmonary hypertension. methods: this study was a prospective uncontrolled longitudinal study. patients with pulmonary hypertension and vit d deficiency wer...