Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets in an urban informal settlement in Kenya and is associated with malnutrition

The commonest cause of rickets worldwide is vitamin D deficiency, but studies from sub‐Saharan Africa describe an endemic vitamin D‐independent form that responds to dietary calcium enrichment. The extent to which calcium‐deficiency rickets is the dominant form across sub‐Saharan Africa and in other...

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Autores principales: Jones, Kelsey D. J., Hachmeister, C. Ulrich, Khasira, Maureen, Cox, Lorna, Schoenmakers, Inez, Munyi, Caroline, Nassir, H. Samira, Hünten‐Kirsch, Barbara, Prentice, Ann, Berkley, James A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5763407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28470840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12452

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5763407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28470840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12452

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