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Importance of vitamin D in gynecology


Authors: Jiří Slíva
Authors‘ workplace: Ústav farmakologie 3. lékařské fakulty UK v Praze
Published in: Čas. Lék. čes. 2019; 158: 138-140
Category: Review Article

Overview

Vitamin D is a lipophilic vitamin possessing a myriad of physiologic functions, including hormonal, in human body. It participates in calcium homeostasis and influences cell’s differentiation via genome. In the context of the broad research aimed at mapping its physiological effects in the human body it is obvious that it significantly interferes with the whole range of physiological and pathological conditions. This text briefly discusses its contribution to gynecology.

Keywords:

cholecalciferol – gynaecology


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