ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

The chapter on bone, growth plate and mineral metabolism has some themes that tend to recur year after year. Vitamin D is one such topic. Yet, every year brings new essential information on this vitamin, which has often been suggested to be a miracle cure for several disorders. Links to many outcomes exist, but solid data on actual benefits beyond prevention and treatment of rickets are scarce. This year the selected vitamin D papers suggest that once vitamin D sufficiency is ...