eLife (Mar 2022)

The extraordinary metabolism of vitamin D

Carol L Wagner,
Bruce W Hollis

Affiliations

Carol L Wagner: ORCiD; Division of Neonatology, Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital, Charleston, United States; Darby Children’s Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, United States
Bruce W Hollis: ORCiD; Division of Neonatology, Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital, Charleston, United States; Darby Children’s Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77539
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11

Abstract

The placenta plays an important role in how vitamin D is metabolized and supplied to the fetus.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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