H Samira Nassir
Biographic Data
| ID | 7986058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | H Samira Nassir |
| GIVEN NAMES | H Samira |
| FAMILY NAME | Nassir |
| SIGNATURE | NASSIR H S |
| AFFILIATIONS | German Doctors |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets in an urban informal settlement in Kenya and is associated with malnutrition
The commonest cause of rickets worldwide is vitamin D deficiency, but studies from sub-Saharan Africa describe an endemic vitamin D-independent form that responds to dietary calcium enrichment. The extent to which calcium-deficiency rickets is the dominant form across sub-Saharan Africa and in other low-latitude areas is unknown. We aimed to characterise the clinical and biochemical features of young children with rickets in a densely populated u…
No prominent works on this page.
Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets in an urban informal settlement in Kenya and is associated with malnutrition
The commonest cause of rickets worldwide is vitamin D deficiency, but studies from sub-Saharan Africa describe an endemic vitamin D-independent form that responds to dietary calcium enrichment. The extent to which calcium-deficiency rickets is the dominant form across sub-Saharan Africa and in other low-latitude areas is unknown. We aimed to characterise the clinical and biochemical features of young children with rickets in a densely populated u…
Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 works) · Internal Medicine (1 works) · Malnutrition (1 works) · Medicine (1 works) · Pediatrics (1 works) · Rickets (1 works) · Vitamin (1 works) · Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research (1 works) · Vitamin D and neurology (1 works) · vitamin D deficiency (1 works)