Vitamin D Supplementation: Still a Paradox!
Archisha Marya1 and Kirti Mohan Marya2*
1School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
2Group Medical Director and Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon, Life Healthcare Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
*Corresponding Author: Kirti Mohan Marya, Group Medical Director and Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon, Life Healthcare Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Received:
October 20, 2022; Published: November 01, 2022
Abstract
The classic work of Francis Glisson, a Cambridge physician, titled “De Rachitide” was published in Latin in 1650 and is still considered a treatise on rickets. Glisson was of the opinion that rickets was neither transmissible nor hereditary. His hypothesis regarding the association of age to the onset of rickets has remained time-tested [1].
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