Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Extraskeletal Effects of Vitamin D

A Clinical Guide

  • Book
  • © 2018

Overview

Editors:
  1. Emilia Pauline Liao

    1. Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Focuses exclusively on extraskeletal effects of vitamin D and its deficiency
  • Discusses the role of vitamin D in autoimmune and infectious disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, neurological disease and cognitive function
  • Ideal for clinical endocrinologists and primary care physicians

Part of the book series: Contemporary Endocrinology (COE)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Vitamin D Biochemistry and Physiology

    • Daniel D. Bikle
    Pages 1-40

  3. Vitamin D and Autoimmune Diseases

    • Shir Azrielant, Yehuda Shoenfeld
    Pages 41-55

  4. Vitamin D and Infectious Diseases

    • Christian Wejse, Cecilie Blenstrup Patsche
    Pages 57-75

  5. Vitamin D Hormone Action in the Endocrine Tissue: Implications for Prostate and Breast Carcinoma

    • Caleb Killer, Jungmi Ahn, Sulgi Park, Bandana Chatterjee
    Pages 77-101

  6. Vitamin D and Colorectal Cancer

    • Albert Do, Petr Protiva
    Pages 103-114

  7. Vitamin D and Leukaemia

    • Geoffrey Brown, Andrzej Kutner, Ewa Marcinkowska
    Pages 115-134

  8. Vitamin D and Diabetes

    • Emilia Pauline Liao
    Pages 135-149

  9. Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease

    • Kaushal Sondarwa, Rupinder S. Buttar, Victoria Hensley, Michal L. Melamed
    Pages 151-164

  10. Vitamin D and Obesity

    • Dimiter Avtanski, Anabel Garcia, Emilia Pauline Liao
    Pages 165-181

  11. Vitamin D in Male and Female Reproduction

    • Anindita Nandi
    Pages 183-204

  12. Muscle Weakness and Falls

    • Giovanni Iolascon, Antimo Moretti, Letizia Stefano, Francesca Gimigliano
    Pages 205-225

  13. Vitamin D and the Central Nervous System: Development, Protection, and Disease

    • Samantha Roman, Ellen M. Mowry
    Pages 227-247

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 249-254
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

While the skeletal effects of vitamin D are well-documented, the role and importance of vitamin D outside of bone health has not been well-established. Vitamin D receptors are located in nearly every tissue of the body, and low levels of vitamin D are associated with a range of various diseases. 

This book provides an in-depth examination of these extraskeletal effects of vitamin D and the associations between vitamin D deficiency and various disease states. Beginning with a review of the biochemistry and physiology of vitamin D, subsequent chapters investigate its relationship to autoimmune and infectious diseases, various forms of cancer, endocrine issues such as diabetes, obesity and reproductive function, cardiovascular disease and muscle weakness. Concluding chapters discuss the role of vitamin D in neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's Disease, and cognitive function. 


Focusing on extraskeletal effects only across a range of conditions, Extraskeletal Effects of Vitamin D will be an important resource for clinical endocrinologists and primary care physicians.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, USA

    Emilia Pauline Liao

About the editor

Emilia Pauline Liao, MD, Assistant Professor, Zucker School of Medicine at Hoftsra/Northwell, Lenox Hill Hospital, Division of Endocrinology, New York, NY, USA


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Extraskeletal Effects of Vitamin D

  • Book Subtitle: A Clinical Guide

  • Editors: Emilia Pauline Liao

  • Series Title: Contemporary Endocrinology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73742-3

  • Publisher: Humana Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73741-6Published: 07 May 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08849-1Published: 02 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73742-3Published: 23 April 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2523-3785

  • Series E-ISSN: 2523-3793

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 254

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Endocrinology, Clinical Nutrition

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation