Sunlight and vitamin D for bone health and prevention of autoimmune diseases, cancers, and cardiovascular disease.

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Summary

Maintaining blood concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D above 80 nmol/L (approximately 30 ng/mL) not only is important for maximizing intestinal calcium absorption but also may be important for providing the extrarenal 1alpha-hydroxylase that is present in most tissues to produce 1,25-dihydroxyv vitamin D3.

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2004-12-01
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Vitamin D and neurology, Rickets, Medicine, vitamin D deficiency, Osteomalacia

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