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Deficiency of vitamin D causes in kids and in adults.

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scurvy
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rickets
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night blindness
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osteomalacia
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marasmus
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beri beri
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The correct options are
B rickets
D osteomalacia
Vitamin D is important to make our bones and teeth healthy. A deficiency of vitamin D in adults causes the condition called osteomalacia; in children, it's known as rickets. Each one is a condition where prolonged and excessive vitamin D deficiency causes bones to soften, weaken and easily fracture.

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