Vitamin D in Egyptian obese children and its relation to insulin resistance and sensitivity /
فيتامين (د) فى الأطفال المصريين المصابين بالسمنة و علاقته بمقاومة و حساسية الانسولين
Ahmed Sayed Ismail Aly ; Supervised Nermin Salah Eldin Metwally , Wafaa Abdelsamie Kandeel , Maha Mohsen Mohamed Amin
- Cairo : Ahmed Sayed Ismail Aly , 2012
- 168 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
It is now known that insufficient serum 25 (OH) D alters metabolic functions causing perturbation of many cellular functions including that of the pancreas. Recently there has been a resurgence of hypovitaminosis D3 in many populations. In parallel there has been a worldwide increase in the prevalence of obesity. Links between obesity and hypovitaminosis D has been reported