Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The pleiotropic effects of vitamin D extend to control many physiological and pathophysiological processes in the human body. One of them is involved in the protective process of the nerve cells during stroke as well as pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration <20 ng/ml indicating vitamin D deficiency which is common in Poland. The aim of this study was to estimate serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in acute ischemic strokes&#1...