Assessment of serum vitamin D levels in surgical adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients

• Main Authors: Abdulmonem Alsiddiky (Author), Rheema Alfadhil (Author), Maram Al-aqel (Author), Noura Ababtain (Author), Norah Almajed (Author), Khalid Bakarman (Author), Waleed Awwad (Author), Raheef Alatassi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The mechanism behind idiopathic scoliosis and its progression is not fully understood. Vitamin D insufficiency is known to play a role in the progression and/or occurrence of a variety of bone diseases. In this study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency...