EFFECT OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN PREGNANT WOMEN

Sadiq Nazim Abdel Amir Hamad (AL_muthanna_University College of Science _Department Of biology)
Sarah Ibrahim Mutar Aswad (University of anbar College of Science Biology department)
Hawraa Ayed Halil Khanzeer Al-Qadisiyah (University College of Science _Department Of biology)
Alina Shahab Qahtan Yahya (Al-Mustansiriya University, Bachelor of Life Sciences, Biotechnology)
Mohammed Jassim Mohammed Ali (Madenat Alelem University College Department of biology)

JMGCB
Vol. 1 No. 7 (2024): Journal of Medical Genetics and Clinical Biology

Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in pregnant women and their children is an important health problem with severe consequences for the health of both. Thus, the objectives of this review were to reassess the magnitude and consequences of VDD during pregnancy, lactation and infancy, associated risk factors, prevention methods, and to explore epigenetic mechanisms in early fetal life capable of explaining many of the non-skeletal benefits of vitamin D (ViD)..