Neonatal rickets in Asian immigrant population.
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Asian rickets and osteomalacia: patterns of parathyroid response in vitamin D deficiency.
We have seen personally more than IOO cases of rickets and osteomalacia in Asian immigrant patients during the past 6-8 years and we are satisfied that they arise simply on a basis of vitamin D deficiency. The present report is concerned principally with a more detailed study of thirtysne patients, aged 11-54 years. Our patients have been adult women, often pregnant at the time of diagnosis, an...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 3 5873 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1973