Vitamin D Deficiency Presenting as Proximal Myopathy: An Overlooked Diagnosis - A Case Series and Review of the Literature

The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is ubiquitous. Severe disease can present very dramatically and can be misleading to the treating physician, resulting in mismanagement. A high index of suspicion in vulnerable patients should help circumvent this problem, including a thorough history and phys...

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Main Author: Venkatraman Rajkumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Medical Journal 2022-02-01
Series:European Medical Journal
Online Access:https://www.emjreviews.com/rheumatology/article/vitamin-d-deficiency-presenting-as-proximal-myopathy-an-overlooked-diagnosis-a-case-series-and-review-of-the-literature/