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Significant Vitamin D Deficiency in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
Volume 154, Issue 1, Pages 132-134

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MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.07.015

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  1. National Institutes of Health [ROIDK046887, K12DK63696]
  2. Charles H. Hood Foundation
  3. Eli Lilly and Company
  4. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [K12DK063696, R01DK046887] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER

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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D was measured in 128 youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Less than 25% of the patients were vitamin D sufficient. Because individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus possess multiple risk factors for skeletal fragility, ensuring,vitamin D sufficiency throughout childhood and adolescence in this population seems especially warranted.

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