Vitamin D nutrition of healthy schoolchildren from North India
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Methods Children referred to the pediatric endocrinology clinic for growth evaluation, interpretation of thyroid functions, concern regarding delayed puberty, etc and found to be normal were enrolled, as were their healthy siblings. Pubertal assessment, a food frequency questionnaire for calcium, sunlight exposures (minutes of sunshine exposure from 10 AM 4PM) and percentage of skin exposed were recorded. Serum calcium, albumin, creatinine, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), 25OHD and iPTH were assayed.
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دوره 2015 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015