Vitamin D deficiency in a breastfed child – a case report

• Main Authors: Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan, Ahmad Zawawi, Muhammad Zul Hazmi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Publication 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine; RJ Pediatrics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/72166/1/IJMRAP-V1N11P77Y19.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/72166/; http://ijmrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IJMRAP-V1N11P77Y19.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Vitamin D deficiency in an exclusively breastfed child is increasingly high in prevalence. However it is still not widely reported. Surprisingly, it is still possible for this deficient to occur even in an asymptomatic growing child. Nevertheless, failure to diagnose it earlier, the child can su...