Studies on vitamin D metabolism in malnourished children
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Studies on vitamin D metabolism in malnourished children.
1. Basal levels of serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25-OHD) were estimated in ten normal children and twenty-seven children with protein-energy malnutrition. 2. Five normal children and fourteen malnourished children were administered a single massive dose of 15 mg vitamin D orally and the remaining children received oral supplements of 50 micrograms vitamin D daily for 20 d. Blood samples were obta...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Nutrition
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0007-1145,1475-2662
DOI: 10.1079/bjn19820030