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Vitamin D deficiency versus non-accidental trauma: comment on “Rickets or abuse? A histologic comparison of rickets and child abuse-related fractures”

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  1. William Sansum Diabetes Center, 2219 Bath St., Santa Barbara, CA, 93105, USA

    Jordan E. Pinsker

  2. Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Jordan E. Pinsker, Conor Kain, Laura Keller & Veronica J. Rooks

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Pinsker, J.E., Kain, C., Keller, L. et al. Vitamin D deficiency versus non-accidental trauma: comment on “Rickets or abuse? A histologic comparison of rickets and child abuse-related fractures”. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 12, 119–120 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-015-9720-6

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