Tag: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Non-nutritional rickets includes several inherited and acquired disorders
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in MedicineWhat the study found The review says non-nutritional rickets is a heterogeneous group of inherited and acquired disorders marked by defective bone mineralization that is not caused by dietary vitamin D or calcium deficiency. It summarizes the main subtypes, including several hypophosphatemic rickets disorders, tumor-induced osteomalacia, vitamin D-dependent rickets types 1 and 2, and hypophosphatasia.…
Umbilical cord blood glucose was not linked to later neonatal hypoglycemia
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in MedicineWhat the study found The study found that umbilical cord blood glucose (UCBG, glucose measured in the blood from the umbilical cord at birth) parameters were not associated with subsequent transitional neonatal hypoglycemia (TNH, low blood sugar during the newborn’s early transition period). Why the authors say this matters The authors say the study provides…
