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We investigated the presence of nutritional rickets in Syrian and Iraqi refugee infants who presented to hospital in Turkey in 2017. 25(OH)D levels were examined in 77 refugee children. Nutritional rickets was diagnosed in 22 (28.5%) children; 11 patients with rickets did not follow up.
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Contributors: EAA: primary responsibility for protocol development, data collecting, enrollment, outcome assessment, preliminary data analysis and writing the manuscript; HY: participated in the development of the protocol and analytical framework for the study and patient screening; EP: supervised the design and execution of the study; SS: conceptualized and designed the study, coordinated, and critically reviewed the manuscript for important intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Acoglu, E.A., Yucel, H., Polat, E. et al. Nutritional Rickets with Severe Complications in Syrian and Iraqi Refugee Children. Indian Pediatr 57, 64–66 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-020-1706-0
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