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There is considerable debate about the benefits of vitamin D supplementation for multiple sclerosis, allergic asthma, and type 1 diabetes.
We tested whether maternal vitamin D insufficiency during pregnancy is related to the autism phenotype.
The purpose of this Review was to give an overview of the recent research into whether a lack of vitamin D contributes to the development of atopy and asthma...
This is the first study to link low gestational vitamin D to increased eating disorder risk in female offspring of Caucasian mothers.
In summary, UV-BMDCs do not express the classical phenotypic or gene expression properties of DCs reported by others as 'regulatory' or 'tolerogenic'.
Vitamin D is synthesised by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation of skin and is hypothesized to be a direct mediator.
Results from studies examining associations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations and depressive symptoms are equivocal.
The prevalence of multiple sclerosis follows a latitude gradient, with increased disease at higher latitudes.
Background: Epidemiological evidence shows that people with thicker, or higher stage, melanomas have lower vitamin D status compared to those with thinner...
There are indications that risk factors for BCC may differ according to the anatomic site of the tumour but this is not well understood.