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Maternal Serum Vitamin D Levels During Pregnancy and Offspring Neurocognitive Development

New research links poor language to lack of Vitamin D in womb.

Authors:

Whitehouse AJ, Holt BJ, Serralha M, Holt PG, Kusel MM, Hart PH

Authors notes:

Pediatrics. 2012 Feb 13. [Epub ahead of print]

Keywords:

maternal serum Vitamin D levels, pregnancy, offspring neurocognitive development, The Kids for Child Health Research

Abstract

To determine the association between maternal serum 25(OH)-vitamin D concentrations during a critical window of fetal neurodevelopment and behavioral, emotional, and language outcomes of offspring.

Media releaseNew research links poor language to lack of Vitamin D in womb (14 February 2012)