Vitamin D, calcium or a combination of vitamin D and calcium for the treatment of nutritional rickets in children.
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SUBMITTER: Chibuzor MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7164979 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
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Vitamin D, calcium or a combination of vitamin D and calcium for the treatment of nutritional rickets in children.
Chibuzor Moriam T MT Graham-Kalio Diepiriye D Osaji Joy O JO Meremikwu Martin M MM
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20200417
<h4>Background</h4>Nutritional rickets is a disease which affects children, especially in low- and middle-income countries. It causes problems such as skeletal deformities and impaired growth. The most common cause of nutritional rickets is vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D administered with or without calcium is commonly regarded as the mainstay of treatment. In some sunny countries, however, where children are believed to have adequate vitamin D production from exposure to ultraviolet light, but ...[more]
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