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Case Reports
. 2008 Jun 14;336(7657):1371-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39555.820394.BE.

Unrecognised severe vitamin D deficiency

John L Sievenpiper  1 , Elizabeth A McIntyre, Mark Verrill, Richard Quinton, Simon H S Pearce
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Case Reports

Unrecognised severe vitamin D deficiency

John L Sievenpiper et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency remains common and may mimic other musculoskeletal disorders or mental health problems

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Fig 1 Tc 99m HDP bone scanbefore rescue therapy with vitamin D (left) showed increased uptake of radionuclide tracer in ribs and left sacroiliac joint. After rescue therapy (right), scan showed no appreciable uptake at any sites
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Fig 2 Pseudofracture (white arrow) of the medial aspect of the right femur proximal to the lesser trochanter
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