kiranmayi
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Dietary deficiency of each of the following substances can produce what pattern?
1. Calcium
2. Iodine
3. Iron
4. Magnesium
5. Selenium
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- Calcium--------rickets, osteoporosis
- Iron-------------Anemia
- Iodine----------Hypothyroidism
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| kiranmayi
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Iodine deficiency causes cretinism characterized by a profound lack of thyroid hormone in a developing child, leading to mental retardation.
Calcium deficiency in children can cause osteoporosis or osteopenia.
Iron deficiency can cause a hypochromic, microcytic anemia.
Magnesium deficiency is uncommon, but can cause decreased reflexes, and blunts the parathyroid response to hypocalcemia.
Selenium deficiency is rare, but may cause a reversible form of cardiomyopathy.
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