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Predisposition to vitamin D deficiency osteomalacia and rickets in females is linked to their 25(OH)D and calcium intake rather than vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Sept 2009
Ray Debarti, Goswami Ravinder, Gupta Nandita, Tomar Neeraj, Singh Namrata, Sreenivas Vishnubhatla
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BACKGROUND: Osteomalacia (OSM) and rickets are widely prevalent in developing countries especially in females. The factors associated with such predisposition are not known. OBJECTIVES: To identify nutritional, endocrine and genetic factors related to calcium and vitamin D metabolism that are ass...
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