Vitamin D In Childhood

Vitamin D is both fat-soluble vitamin a group of hormone and hormone precursor sterols,It is most important effect is on calcium and phosphorus metabolism, and on bone mineralization. Almost every tissues include D vitamine receptors. it was reported that Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are related with many chronic diseases such as metabolic syndromes,cardiovascular diseases, widespread cancers, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases. In this publication; Vitamin D metabolism, resources, functions, deficiency, excess, prophylactic and treatment, clinical findings and radiological findings in childhood have been examined and their effects outside the skeletal system have been mentioned