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Factors causing rickets in institutionalised handicapped children on anticonvulsant therapy

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Location: http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/archdischild%3b56/6/446

Description: Abstract: Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol 56, 446-449, Copyright © 1981
results indicate that although several factors--such as anticonvulsants, low vitamin D intake, and inactivity--are concerned in the development of rickets, the main cause is lack of sun in institutionalised handicapped children.

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