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High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in newborn infants of high-risk mothers
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- Published on: 23 November 2007
- Published on: 23 November 2007A possible re-emergence of osteomalacia in women and severe hypovitaminosis D in new-born in FranceShow More
Dear Editor,
We found the article of S H Dijkstra et al (1) very interesting. We recently conducted a study in 93 non-pregnant women, aged 20 to 50 years, to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in women at risk of vitamin D deficiency because of their wearing of concealing clothes (such as a veil). This prospective study was performed between December 2004 and January 2005 in general practitioner se...
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