Severe deficiency of Vitamin D results in __________.
Correct answer: B. rickets
- A. scurvy
- B. rickets
- C. night blindness
- D. None of these
Explanation
Severe vitamin D deficiency causes rickets in children because poor calcium absorption weakens and deforms growing bones. Scurvy is caused by vitamin C deficiency, not vitamin D deficiency.
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