Vitamin D (disambiguation)
Vitamin D usually refers to Vitamin D, the group of fat-soluble prohormones.
It may also refer to:
- Ergocalciferol, also known as vitamin D2
- Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3
- 22-Dihydroergocalciferol, also known as vitamin D4
- Vitamin D5
- Calcifediol, also known as calcidiol: 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, or 25-hydroxyvitamin D (abbreviated 25(OH)D). Blood concentration of calcifediol is considered the best indicator of vitamin D status.
- vitamin D-related concepts, including:
- Vitamin D and respiratory tract infections
- Vitamin D and neurology
- Hypervitaminosis D, toxicity caused by the ingestion of large doses of vitamin D
- Hypovitaminosis D, a deficiency of vitamin D
- Vitamin D-binding protein, encoded by the GC gene
- calcitriol receptor, also known as VDR, a receptor for vitamin D
- Vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein
- X-linked hypophosphatemia, also known as vitamin D-resistant rickets, a form of rickets for which ingestion of vitamin D is relatively ineffective
- "Vitamin D" (Glee), an episode of the American musical comedy-drama television series Glee
- Dextromethorphan, or DXM, a street name for over-the-counter cough suppressants containing DXM.
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