Medical Health Cluster

Deficiency

Vitamin D Deficiency and Related Disorders

Practice Essentials Vitamin D deficiency can result from inadequate exposure to sunlight; malabsorption; accelerated catabolism from certain medications; and, in infants, the minimal amount of vitamin D found in breast milk. In children, vitamin D deficiency can result in rickets, which presents as bowing of the legs; in adults, it […]

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