Title: Is vitamin D deficiency an underreported issue in refugee health?: two cases of infants presenting with vitamin D-deficiency rickets.
Abstract: It is well known that severe vitamin D deficiency impairs bone tissue and growth plate mineralization, resulting in osteomalacia and rickets, respectively. In fact, even less severe infant vitamin D deficiency might adversely affect not only bone health but also brain development; the incidence of
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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