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Recent trends and clinical features of childhood vitamin D deficiency presenting to a children's hospital in Glasgow
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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016Should food supplementation be our aim to eradicate widespread Vitamin D deficiency in the UK Re: Recent trends and clinical features of childhood Vitamin D deficiency to a childrens hospital in Glasgow."1Show More
We read your article with interest as we have recently been reviewing cases of Vitamin D deficiency diagnosed at Birmingham Childrens Hospital's Emergency Department.
We reviewed data from the emergency department from March 2009 to March 2010. Over a period of 12 months we identified 89 patients with low vitamin D levels (total Vitamin D level less than 50nmol/litre), with 83% of those having very low Vitamin D...
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