Rickets is a nutritional disorder
a. that is most common among children 2 to 6
years old.
b. caused by a lack of vitamin D.
c. impairs a child’s ability to absorb calcium
from the gut.
d. encourages secretion of PTH.
e. that does all of these
E
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