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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Vitamin D
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Vitamina D
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Vitamina D
Tree Number:
D04.210.500.812.768
Definition
English
:
A
vitamin
that includes both CHOLECALCIFEROLS and
ERGOCALCIFEROLS
, which have the common effect of preventing or curing
RICKETS
in
animals
. It can also be viewed as a hormone since it can be formed in SKIN by action of
ULTRAVIOLET RAYS
upon the precursors, 7-dehydrocholesterol and
ERGOSTEROL
, and acts on
VITAMIN D
RECEPTORS to regulate
CALCIUM
in opposition to
PARATHYROID HORMONE.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
/defic =
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY
or
RICKETS
; /ther use: coordinate
disease
with /drug ther, not /diet ther
Pharmacological Action:
Bone Density Conservation Agents
Vitamins
Entry Combination - descr/qualif
English
:
Vitamin D
/
deficiency
use
Vitamin D Deficiency
See Related
English
:
Receptors, Calcitriol
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AD
administration & dosage
AE
adverse effects
AG
agonists
AA
analogs & derivatives
AN
analysis
AI
antagonists & inhibitors
BI
biosynthesis
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CS
chemical synthesis
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
EC
economics
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
PK
pharmacokinetics
PD
pharmacology
PH
physiology
PO
poisoning
RE
radiation effects
SE
secretion
ST
standards
SD
supply & distribution
TU
therapeutic use
TO
toxicity
UR
urine
Record Number:
15208
Unique Identifier:
D014807
Occurrence in VHL
:
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DeCS
CID-10
LILACS