TY - BOOK AU - Hassan Ahmed Ahmed Badawi AU - Maggie Bahgat Samy Abadir , AU - Manal Mohamed Kamal , AU - Noman Elgarem , TI - The relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Hassan Ahmed Ahmed Badawi , KW - 25 (OH) D level KW - Glycemic control KW - Vitamin D N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - The initial observations linking vitamin D to type 2 diabetes in humans came from studies showing that both healthy and diabetic subjects had a seasonal variation of glycemic control. Currently, there is evidence supporting that vitamin D status is important to regulate some pathways related to type 2 diabetes development. Based on available clinical and epidemiological data, the positive effects of vitamin D seem to be primarily related to its action on insulin secretion and sensitivity and secondary to its action on inflammation ER -