Vitamin D-Resistant Rickets Diagnostics and Treatment Challenges at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania

Introduction. Rickets is softening of bones caused by defective mineralization of the cartilage in the epiphyseal growth plate, causing widening of the ends of long bones, growth retardation, and skeletal deformities in children. It can be classified into calciopenic and phosphopenic, each type with...

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Main Authors: Evance K. Godfrey, Fatima Mussa, Parvina Kazahura, Aika Shoo, Helga Naburi, Karim P. Manji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1547170
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