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First study to examine vitamin D insufficiency in pediatric pati...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sun, 06/01/2008 - 23:00

(Nationwide Children's Hospital) Vitamin D insufficiency is common in adults and is emerging in the world of pediatrics.

A mild degree of vitamin D deficiency, also known as vitamin D insufficiency, causes rickets in children and can be treated with increased amount of nutritional vitamin D intake as well as increased sun exposure.