25-OH Vitamin D Deficiency Does Not Significantly Predispose Young Children to Multiple Fractures From Minimal Trauma

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In the absence of significant accidental trauma, the identification of multiple fractures in a young child raises concern for abuse. One group has suggested that there is an unrecognized “epidemic” of 25-OH vitamin D deficiency that produces findings frequently mistaken for child abuse.

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