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Rickets in the Middle East: role of environment and genetic predisposition.

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 2008

Baroncelli Giampiero I, Bereket Abdullah, El Kholy Mohamed, Audì Laura, Cesur Yasar, Ozkan Behzat, Rashad Mona, Fernández-Cancio Monica, Weisman Yoseph, Saggese Giuseppe, Hochberg Ze'ev

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CONTEXT: The Middle East has a high incidence of rickets, and it is also common in Europe-dwelling children of Middle Eastern origin. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to explore the mechanisms leading to rickets in children of the Middle East. DESIGN AND SETTING: We conducted a prospective study in 98 rachitic and 50 controls (aged 6 months to 4 yr) from university and community outpatient hospitals in...

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PMID: 18285415
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-1413

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