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1. Vitamin D in childhood and adolescence

This article discusses Vitamin D in childhood and adolescence

Abstract:

It is well-established that prolonged and severe vitamin D deficiency leads to rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. More marginal vitamin D deficiency is likely to be a significant contributing factor to osteoporosis risk. However, recent emerging data from studies of adults suggest that low vitamin D status (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels <50 nmol/l) may be contributing to more...

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Republic of Ireland

Postgrad Med J, Vol: 83 Page: 230-5 April 2007
K. D. Cashman

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