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Prevalence of rickets-like bone deformities in rural Gambian children

The aim of this study was to estimate the burden of childhood rickets-like bone deformity in a rural region of West Africa where rickets has been reported in association with a low calcium intake. A population-based survey of children aged 0.5–17.9 years living in the province of West Kiang, The Gam...

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Autores principales: Jones, Helen L., Jammeh, Lamin, Owens, Stephen, Fulford, Anthony J., Moore, Sophie E., Pettifor, John M., Prentice, Ann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25871880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2015.04.011