Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets in an urban informal settlement in Kenya and is associated with malnutrition

Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets in an urban informal settlement in Kenya and is associated with malnutrition

The commonest cause of rickets worldwide is vitamin D deficiency, but studies from sub-Saharan Africa describe an endemic vitamin D-independent form that responds to dietary calcium enrichment. The extent to which calcium-deficiency rickets is the dominant form across sub-Saharan Africa and in other...

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Main Authors:	Jones, K, Hachmeister, C, Khasira, M, Cox, L, Schoenmakers, I, Munyi, C, Nassir, H, Hünten- Kirsch, B, Prentice, A, Berkley, J
Format:	Journal article
Published:	John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2017

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