Vitamin D Deficiency

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A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN D in the diet, insufficient production of vitamin D in the skin, inadequate absorption of vitamin D from the diet, or abnormal conversion of vitamin D to its bioactive metabolites. It is manifested clinically as RICKETS in children and OSTEOMALACIA in adults. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1406)

Descriptor ID	D014808
MeSH Number(s)	C18.654.521.500.133.770
Concept/Terms	Vitamin D Deficiency Vitamin D Deficiency Deficiency, Vitamin D Deficiencies, Vitamin D Vitamin D Deficiencies

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Diseases [C]
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18]
Nutrition Disorders [C18.654]
Malnutrition [C18.654.521]
Deficiency Diseases [C18.654.521.500]
Avitaminosis [C18.654.521.500.133]
Vitamin D Deficiency [C18.654.521.500.133.770]

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Vitamin D Deficiency
Rickets

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1
2006	2	1	3
2008	1	0	1
2009	2	0	2
2010	3	0	3
2011	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	4	1	5
2014	0	1	1
2015	3	0	3
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	1	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	3	0	3
2020	1	1	2
2021	4	0	4
2022	4	0	4
2023	1	0	1
2024	0	1	1
2025	1	0	1

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Bluher AE, Kearney T, Vazifedan T, Baldassari CM. Vitamin D Deficiency and Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 01 01; 151(1):72-77.

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Khalilieh S, Iyer A, Hammelef E, Zohar N, Gorgov E, Yeo TP, Lavu H, Bowne W, Yeo CJ, Nevler A. Major Pancreatic Resection Increases Bone Mineral Density Loss, Osteoporosis, and Fractures. Ann Surg. 2025 12 01; 282(6):1102-1109.

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Schrack JA, Cai Y, Urbanek JK, Wanigatunga AA, Mitchell CM, Miller ER, Guralnik JM, Juraschek SP, Michos ED, Roth DL, Appel LJ. The association of vitamin D supplementation and serum vitamin D levels with physical activity in older adults: Results from a randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 07; 71(7):2208-2218.

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Nath K, Tomas AA, Flynn J, Fein JA, Alperovich A, Anagnostou T, Batlevi CL, Dahi PB, Fingrut WB, Giralt SA, Lin RJ, Palomba ML, Peled JU, Salles G, Sauter CS, Scordo M, Fraint E, Feuer E, Shah N, Slingerland JB, Devlin S, Shah GL, Gupta G, Perales MA, Shouval R. Vitamin D Insufficiency and Clinical Outcomes with Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy in Large B-cell Lymphoma. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 11; 28(11):751.e1-751.e7.

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Cobb LH, Bailey VO, Liu YF, Teixido MT, Rizk HG. Relationship of vitamin D levels with clinical presentation and recurrence of BPPV in a Southeastern United States institution. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2023 Feb; 50(1):70-80.

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Cai Y, Wanigatunga AA, Mitchell CM, Urbanek JK, Miller ER, Juraschek SP, Michos ED, Kalyani RR, Roth DL, Appel LJ, Schrack JA. The effects of vitamin D supplementation on frailty in older adults at risk for falls. BMC Geriatr. 2022 04 10; 22(1):312.

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Stoffers AJ, Weber DR, Levine MA. An Update on Vitamin D Deficiency in the twenty-first century: nature and nurture. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2022 02 01; 29(1):36-43.

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LoPinto-Khoury C, Brennan L, Mintzer S. Impact of carbamazepine on vitamin D levels: A meta-analysis. Epilepsy Res. 2021 Dec; 178:106829.

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Vieira MA, Kube PK, van Helmond JL, Hanley PC, Graber EG, Bialo SR, Slamon NB. Recipe for Disaster: Homemade Formula Leading to Severe Complications in 2 Infants. Pediatrics. 2021 09; 148(3).

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Klimczak AM, Franasiak JM. Vitamin D in human reproduction: some answers and many more questions. Fertil Steril. 2021 03; 115(3):590-591.

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