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Rickets

Nature Reviews Disease Primers volume 3, Article number: 17102 (2017) Cite this article

Rickets is a bone disease that is associated with low serum calcium and/or phosphate levels, primarily leading to widening and delayed mineralization of growth plates. The prevalence of rickets has decreased substantially compared with 200 years ago, but the disorder is re-emerging.

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Rickets. Nat Rev Dis Primers 3, 17102 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2017.102

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