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. 2006 Jul;91(7):606-7.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.095075. Epub 2006 Apr 4.

Incidence of symptomatic vitamin D deficiency

A L Callaghan  1 , R J D Moy, I W Booth, G Debelle, N J Shaw
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Incidence of symptomatic vitamin D deficiency

A L Callaghan et al. Arch Dis Child. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

A survey of West Midlands paediatricians in 2001 identified 24 cases of symptomatic vitamin D deficiency in children less than 5 years of age. The overall incidence was 7.5 per 100,000 children per year with notable differences in incidence per ethnic group.

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