Vitamin D-Resistant Rickets Diagnostics and Treatment Challenges at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania

Introduction. Rickets is softening of bones caused by defective mineralization of the cartilage in the epiphyseal growth plate, causing widening of the ends of long bones, growth retardation, and skeletal deformities in children. It can be classified into calciopenic and phosphopenic, each type with...

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Autores principales: Godfrey, Evance K., Mussa, Fatima, Kazahura, Parvina, Shoo, Aika, Naburi, Helga, Manji, Karim P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7008276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32082647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1547170

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7008276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32082647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1547170

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