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Vitamin D receptor polymorphism in nutritional rickets.
Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER - 1 Aug 2006
Bereket Abdullah
Abstract excerpt
Although the pathophysiology of rickets and especially the central role of Vitamin D in this disease has been clarified since the 1920s, it is not completely understood why rickets is still prevalant in sunny countries. Furthermore, as we understand more about rickets, it appears that rickets is a heterogeneous disorder caused by vitamin D and/or Ca deficiency. Serum 25 and 1,25 OH vitamin D levels show a wide...
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