Rickets in the Middle East: Role of Environment and Genetic Predisposition
Author(s) -
Giampiero I. Baroncelli,
Abdullah Bereket,
Mohamed El Kholy,
Laura Audı́,
Yaşar Cesur,
Behzat Özkan,
Mona M. Rashad,
Mónica FernándezCancio,
Y. Weisman,
Giuseppe Saggese,
Ze’ev Hochberg
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2007-1413
Subject(s) - rickets , calcitriol receptor , vitamin d and neurology , medicine , vitamin d deficiency , context (archaeology) , incidence (geometry) , endocrinology , biology , physics , optics , paleontology
The Middle East has a high incidence of rickets, and it is also common in Europe-dwelling children of Middle Eastern origin.
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