Clinical features of Vitamin D deficiency in children and their correlation with Vitamin D levels: A cross-sectional study in SRVS medical college, Shivpuri

[...]the aim of the study is screening children presenting with signs and symptoms suggestive of Vitamin D deficiency and tried to correlate the presenting clinical feature with the level of Vitamin D. Aim To study the levels of Vitamin D in apparently healthy young children and adolescents aged (2 years-14 years) attending OPD, Government medical college, Shivpuri. According to previous studies reported that Vitamin D deficiency is more prevalent in healthy children and in resource limited settings, it is always not possible to measure Vitamin D level in every patient. [...]children presenting with these symptom complexes especially chronic limb pain and not gaining height can be started on Vitamin D treatment without a second thought.