Determinants of Postpartum Vitamin D Status in the Caucasian Mother-Offspring Pairs at a Latitude of 52°N: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy is recorded.

Aim: To establish determinants of postpartum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels on mothers and offspring.

Methods: 25(OH)D level was measured in cord blood and maternal blood collected ≤3 weeks postpartum.

Impact of vitamin D supplementation during lactation on vitamin D status and body composition of mother-infant pairs: a MAVID randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The optimal vitamin D intake for nursing women is controversial. Deterioration, at least in bone mass, is reported during lactation. This study evaluated whether vitamin D supplementation during lactation enhances the maternal and infant's vitamin D status, bone mass and body composition.

Harlequin ichthyosis--difficulties in prenatal diagnosis.

Ichthyoses belong to the group of genodermatoses, characterized by hyperkeratosis and desquamation of the epidermis. Clinical manifestation is heterogeneous and depends on the type of the disease. Harlequin foetus is the most severe form of congenital ichtyosis, inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.

[The evaluation of natural anticoagulants in systemic lupus erythematosus in children].

Thromboembolic complications in adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are described in literature. We intended to investigate the activity of natural anticoagulants, such as C protein. S protein and antithrombin III (AT III) in children with SLE to obtain data concerning activity of the disease and thrombotic complications.