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Evaluating the data concerning vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency and child abuse

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  1. Department of Pediatric Imaging, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Blvd., Detroit, MI, 48201, USA

    Thomas L. Slovis

  2. Radiology Department, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK

    Stephen Chapman

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Editor’s note: See related articles in this issue: Slovis TL, Chapman S doi:10.1007/s00247-008-0997-4; Keller KA, Barnes PD doi:10.1007/s00247-008-1001-z; Chesney RW doi:10.1007/s00247-008-0993-8; Jenny C doi:10.1007/s00247-008-0995-6

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Slovis, T.L., Chapman, S. Evaluating the data concerning vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency and child abuse. Pediatr Radiol 38, 1221–1224 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-008-0994-7

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