Disease caused by vitamin D deficiency

Write down the disease caused by vitamin D deficiency? Which tissue does it influence?

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The scarcity of vitamin D causes the disease recognized as rickets (rachitis), characterized by the decalcification of bones deformities and bone. Vitamin D is essential for absorption of the calcium and therefore it is related to osseous tissue health.

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