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Descriptor
English
:
Calcium Deficiency
Descriptor
Spanish
:
deficiencia de calcio
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Deficiência de Cálcio
Tree Number:
SP6.016.052.068.149
Definition
English
:
Calcium deficiency
in the diet, compromising the development of maximum bone mass in
children
and adolescents. At any stage of life, low
dietary calcium
intake increases the concentrations of serum
parathyroid hormone
, which causes bone loss.
Calcium deficiency
also is related to
osteomalacia
and may also be an important factor in the pathogenesis of several
diseases
such as
hypertension
and colon cancer. The sources of this mineral in the diet are
dairy products
, leafy
vegetables
and dark green fish. (MAHAN & ESCOTT-STUMP 2002)
See Related
English
:
Osteomalacia
Record Number:
50319
Occurrence in VHL
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