Tom D. Thacher, M.D.

  1. Family Physician
  1. Reynolds CJ, Dyer RB, Oberhelman-Eaton SS, Konwinski BL, Weatherly RM, Singh RJ, Thacher TD. Sulfated vitamin D metabolites represent prominent roles in serum and in breastmilk of lactating women. Clin Nutr. 2024 Sep; 43 (9):1929-1936 Epub 2024 July 14
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  2. Rios-Leyvraz M, Thacher TD, Dabas A, Elsedfy HH, Baroncelli GI, Cashman KD. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D threshold and risk of rickets in young children: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis to inform the development of dietary requirements for vitamin D. Eur J Nutr. 2024 Apr; 63 (3):673-695 Epub 2024 Jan 27
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  3. Rushlow DR, Thacher TD, Barry BA. Building Capacity for Pragmatic Trials of Digital Technology in Primary Care. Mayo Clin Proc. 2024 Mar; 99 (3):491-501
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  4. Reynolds CJ, Dyer RB, Vizenor BA, Koszewski NJ, Singh RJ, Thacher TD. Analysis of vitamin D(3)-sulfate and 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3)-sulfate in breastmilk by LC-MS/MS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2024 Jan 1; 1232:123954 Epub 2023 Dec 06
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  5. Jegen D, Maxson J, Fischer K, Bernard M, Foss R, Hidaka B, Passmore R, Sosso J, Stacey SK, Thacher TD. Arsenic Exposure in Well Water From the Perspective of Patients and Providers. J Prim Care Community Health. 2024 Jan-Dec; 15:21501319241247984
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  6. Johnson CR, Thacher TD. Vitamin D: immune function, inflammation, infections and auto-immunity. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2023 Nov; 43 (4):29-39 Epub 2023 Mar 01
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  7. Fischer PR, Johnson CR, Leopold KN, Thacher TD. Treatment of vitamin D deficiency in children. Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Sep-Nov; 18 (6):489-502 Epub 2023 Nov 28
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  8. Fischer PR, Sempos CT, Pettifor JM, Fraser DR, Munns CF, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Thacher TD. Serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of nutritional rickets - a multivariable re-analysis of a case-control study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 May; 117 (5):998-1004 Epub 2023 Feb 18
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  9. Foss R, Fischer K, Lampman MA, Laabs S, Halasy M, Allen SV, Garrison GM, Sobolik G, Bernard M, Sosso J, Thacher TD. Disparities in Diabetes Care: Differences Between Rural and Urban Patients Within a Large Health System. Ann Fam Med. 2023 May-Jun; 21 (3):234-239
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  10. Meyer MB, Bernal-Mizrachi C, Bikle DD, Biyani M, Campbell MJ, Chaudhari SN, Christakos S, Ingles SA, Knuth MM, Lee SM, Lisse TS, Liu ES, Piec I, Plum LA, Rao SD, Reynolds CJ, Thacher TD, White JH, Cantorna MT. Highlights from the 24th workshop on vitamin D in Austin, September 2022. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2023 Apr; 228:106247 Epub 2023 Jan 10
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  11. Thacher TD. The Burden of Vitamin D Deficiency in Indian Children: The Time is Right for Vitamin D Food Fortification. Indian Pediatr 2023 Mar 15; 60 (3):181-182
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  12. Aul AJ, Fischer PR, Benson MR, Oberhelman-Eaton SS, Mara KC, Thacher TD. Infant and Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation: Clinician Perspectives and Practices. J Am Board Fam Med. 2023 Feb 8; 36 (1):95-104 Epub 2022 Dec 02
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  13. Bernard ME, Halasy MP, Rushlow DR, Sobolik GJ, Garrison GM, Matthews MR, Allen SV, Thacher TD. The effect of primary care clinician type and care team characteristics on health care costs. J Eval Clin Pract. 2022 Dec; 28 (6):1055-1060 Epub 2022 Apr 17
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  14. Rushlow DR, Croghan IT, Inselman JW, Thacher TD, Friedman PA, Yao X, Pellikka PA, Lopez-Jimenez F, Bernard ME, Barry BA, Attia IZ, Misra A, Foss RM, Molling PE, Rosas SL, Noseworthy PA. Clinician Adoption of an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Detect Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Primary Care. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Nov; 97 (11):2076-2085
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  15. Oberhelman-Eaton SS, Thacher TD. Breast Milk Monthly D-livery. Indian Pediatr 2022 Apr 15; 59 (4):274-275
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  16. Erickson R, Westfall E, Chavez A, Laabs S, Thacher T, DeJesus R. One year of COVID: primary care learning experiences in a health system. Ann Fam Med. 2022 Apr 1; (20 Suppl 1) Epub 2022 Apr 01
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  17. Thacher TD. Evaluating the Evidence in Clinical Studies of Vitamin D in COVID-19. Nutrients. 2022 Jan 21; 14 (3)
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  18. Tadese K, Ernst V, Weaver AL, Thacher TD, Rajjo T, Kumar S, Kaufman T, Wi CI, Lynch BA. Association of Perinatal Factors With Severe Obesity and Dyslipidemia in Adulthood. J Prim Care Community Health. 2022 Jan-Dec; 13:21501327211058982
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  19. Erickson R, Abu Dabrh AM, Chavez A, Cristiani V, DeJesus R, Laabs S, Presutti R, Rosas S, Westfall E, Witt T, Thacher T. Development and Early Experience of a Primary Care Learning Collaborative in a Large Health Care System. J Prim Care Community Health. 2022 Jan-Dec; 13:21501319221089775
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  20. Dudenkov DV, Mara KC, Maxson JA, Thacher TD. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D values and risk of incident cardiovascular disease: A population-based retrospective cohort study. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2021 Oct; 213:105953 Epub 2021 July 15
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  21. Thacher TD, Sempos CT, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Fischer PR, Munns CF, Pettifor JM. The Validity of Serum Alkaline Phosphatase to Identify Nutritional Rickets in Nigerian Children on a Calcium-Deprived Diet. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Aug 18; 106 (9):e3559-e3564
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  22. Meyerink BD, Lampman MA, Laabs SB, Foss RM, Garrison GM, Angstman KB, Sobolik GJ, Halasy MP, Fischer KJ, Rosas SL, Maxson JA, Rushlow DR, Horn JL, Matthews MR, Nagaraju D, Thacher TD. Relationship of Clinician Care Team Composition and Diabetes Quality Outcomes. Popul Health Manag. 2021 Aug; 24 (4):502-508 Epub 2020 Nov 18
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  23. Johnson CR, Dudenkov DV, Mara KC, Fischer PR, Maxson JA, Thacher TD. Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Subsequent Cancer Incidence and Mortality: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Aug; 96 (8):2157-2167
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  24. Lim R, Shailam R, Hulett R, Skrinar A, Nixon A, Williams A, Nixon M, Thacher TD. Validation of the Radiographic Global Impression of Change (RGI-C) score to assess healing of rickets in pediatric X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH). Bone. 2021 Jul; 148:115964 Epub 2021 Apr 18
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  25. Sempos CT, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Fischer PR, Munns CF, Pettifor JM, Thacher TD. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D requirements to prevent nutritional rickets in Nigerian children on a low-calcium diet-a multivariable reanalysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Jul 1; 114 (1):231-237
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  26. Yao X, Rushlow DR, Inselman JW, McCoy RG, Thacher TD, Behnken EM, Bernard ME, Rosas SL, Akfaly A, Misra A, Molling PE, Krien JS, Foss RM, Barry BA, Siontis KC, Kapa S, Pellikka PA, Lopez-Jimenez F, Attia ZI, Shah ND, Friedman PA, Noseworthy PA. Artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiograms for identification of patients with low ejection fraction: a pragmatic, randomized clinical trial. Nat Med. 2021 May; 27 (5):815-819 Epub 2021 May 06
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  27. Bernard ME, Laabs SB, Nagaraju D, Allen SV, Halasy MP, Rushlow DR, Garrison GM, Maxson JA, Matthews MR, Sobolik GJ, Lampman MA, Foss RM, Rosas SL, Thacher TD. Clinician Care Team Composition and Health Care Utilization. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2021 Apr; 5 (2):338-346 Epub 2021 Apr 08
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  28. DeWitt MA, Croghan IT, Vachon CM, Thacher TD, Venegas Pont MR, Neal L, Stan DL, Jenkins SM, Pruthi S. Assessing Biomarkers of Breast Cancer Risk in Underserved Women in a Midwestern County. J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec; 12:21501327211017792
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  29. Pecina JL, Merry SP, Park JG, Thacher TD. Vitamin D Status and Severe COVID-19 Disease Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients. J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec; 12:21501327211041206
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  30. Lai B, Witt D, Thacher T, Witt T. A Proposed Opioid Tapering Tool. J Am Board Fam Med. 2020 Nov-Dec; 33 (6):1020-1021
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  31. Aul AJ, Dudenkov DV, Mara KC, Juhn YJ, Wi CI, Maxson JA, Thacher TD. The relationship of 25-hydroxyvitamin D values and risk of fracture: a population-based retrospective cohort study. Osteoporos Int. 2020 Sep; 31 (9):1787-1799 Epub 2020 May 06
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  32. Bruhl EJ, MacLaughlin KL, Allen SV, Horn JL, Angstman KB, Garrison GM, Maxson JA, McCauley DK, Lampman MA, Thacher TD. Association of Primary Care Team Composition and Clinician Burnout in a Primary Care Practice Network. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2020 Apr; 4 (2):135-142 Epub 2020 Apr 06
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  33. Thacher TD, Dudenkov DV, Mara KC, Maxson JA, Wi CI, Juhn YJ. The relationship of 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and individual-level socioeconomic status. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2020 Mar; 197:105545 Epub 2019 Nov 18
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  34. Aul AJ, Fischer PR, O'Grady JS, Mara KC, Maxson JA, Meek AM, Petterson TM, Thacher TD. Population-Based Incidence of Potentially Life-Threatening Complications of Hypocalcemia and the Role of Vitamin D Deficiency. J Pediatr. 2019 Aug; 211:98-104.e4 Epub 2019 Apr 04
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  35. Johnson CR, Fischer PR, Thacher TD, Topazian MD, Bourassa MW, Combs GF Jr. Thiamin deficiency in low- and middle-income countries: Disorders, prevalences, previous interventions and current recommendations. Nutr Health. 2019 Jun; 25 (2):127-151 Epub 2019 Feb 24
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  36. Thacher TD, Pettifor JM, Tebben PJ, Creo AL, Skrinar A, Mao M, Chen CY, Chang T, San Martin J, Carpenter TO. Rickets severity predicts clinical outcomes in children with X-linked hypophosphatemia: Utility of the radiographic Rickets Severity Score. Bone. 2019 May; 122:76-81 Epub 2019 Feb 14
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  37. Roth DE, Abrams SA, Aloia J, Bergeron G, Bourassa MW, Brown KH, Calvo MS, Cashman KD, Combs G, De-Regil LM, Jefferds ME, Jones KS, Kapner H, Martineau AR, Neufeld LM, Schleicher RL, Thacher TD, Whiting SJ. Global prevalence and disease burden of vitamin D deficiency: a roadmap for action in low- and middle-income countries. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2018 Oct; 1430 (1):44-79 Epub 2018 Sept 18
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  38. Uday S, Fratzl-Zelman N, Roschger P, Klaushofer K, Chikermane A, Saraff V, Tulchinsky T, Thacher TD, Marton T, Hogler W. Cardiac, bone and growth plate manifestations in hypocalcemic infants: revealing the hidden body of the vitamin D deficiency iceberg. BMC Pediatr. 2018 Jun 26; 18 (1):183 Epub 2018 June 26
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  39. Dudenkov DV, Mara KC, Petterson TM, Maxson JA, Thacher TD. Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Values and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Jun; 93 (6):721-730 Epub 2018 May 02
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  40. Bommersbach TJ, Fischer PR, Pettifor JM, Thacher TD. The relationship between maternal and child bone density in Nigerian children with and without nutritional rickets. Osteoporos Int. 2018 Jun; 29(6):1313-1320. Epub 2018 Feb 27.
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  41. Roizen JD, Li D, O'Lear L, Javaid MK, Shaw NJ, Ebeling PR, Nguyen HH, Rodda CP, Thummel KE, Thacher TD, Hakonarson H, Levine MA. CYP3A4 mutation causes vitamin D-dependent rickets type 3. J Clin Invest. 2018 May 1; 128 (5):1913-1918 Epub 2018 Apr 03
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  42. Oberhelman SS, Cozine EW, Umaretiya PJ, Maxson JA, Thacher TD. Vitamin D and the Breastfeeding Infant: Family Medicine Clinicians' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices. J Hum Lact. 2018 May; 34 (2):331-336 Epub 2018 Mar 29
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  43. Ketha H, Thacher TD, Oberhelman SS, Fischer PR, Singh RJ, Kumar R. Comparison of the effect of daily versus bolus dose maternal vitamin D3 supplementation on the 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 to 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 ratio. Bone. 2018 May; 110:321-325 Epub 2018 Feb 24
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  44. Michael GC, Grema BA, Aliyu I, Alhaji MA, Lawal TO, Ibrahim H, Fikin AG, Gyaran FS, Kane KN, Thacher TD, Badamasi AK, Ogwuche E. Knowledge of venomous snakes, snakebite first aid, treatment, and prevention among clinicians in northern Nigeria: a cross-sectional multicentre study. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Feb 1; 112 (2):47-56
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  45. Creo AL, Tebben PJ, Fischer PR, Thacher TD, Pittock ST. Cardiac Arrest in a Vitamin D-Deficient Infant. Glob Pediatr Health. 2018; 5:2333794X18765064 Epub 2018 Mar 20
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  46. Michael GC, Aliyu I, Grema BA, Thacher TD. Impact of structural and interpersonal components of health care on user satisfaction with services of an outpatient clinic of a Nigerian tertiary hospital Tropical Journal of Medical Research .07/01/2017;20:(2):139-48.
  47. Thacher TD, Levine MA. CYP2R1 mutations causing vitamin D-deficiency rickets. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2017 Oct; 173:333-336 Epub 2016 July 27
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  48. Kaufman TK, Lynch BA, Biggs BK, Quigg SM, Maxson JA, Thacher TD. The Effectiveness of an Activity meter for Overweight Children and Their Caregivers in a Clinical Setting: A Pilot Study. Journal of Obesity and Overweight. 2017; 3(1):102.
  49. Creo AL, Thacher TD, Pettifor JM, Strand MA, Fischer PR. Nutritional rickets around the world: an update. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2017 May; 37 (2):84-98 Epub 2016 Dec 06
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  50. Greenlund LJS, Merry SP, Thacher TD, Ward WJ. Primary Care Management of Skin Abscesses Guided by Ultrasound. Am J Med. 2017 May; 130: (5)e191-e193.
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  51. Hsu J, Fischer PR, Pettifor JM, Thacher TD. The relationship of maternal bone density with nutritional rickets in Nigerian children. Bone. 2017 Apr; 97:216-221 Epub 2017 Jan 23
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  52. Thacher TD, Rajkumar S, Lanier WL Jr.. Call for Papers on Clinical Practice Guidelines Mayo Clinic Proceedings .2017;92:(3):327-328.
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  53. Umaretiya PJ, Oberhelman SS, Cozine EW, Maxson JA, Quigg SM, Thacher TD. Maternal Preferences for Vitamin D Supplementation in Breastfed Infants. Ann Fam Med. 2017 Jan; 15 (1):68-70 Epub 2017 Jan 06
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  54. Pludowski P, Thacher TD, Zakharova IN, Czech-Kowalska J, Konstantynowicz J. Nutritional rickets - revisited Post N Med .2016;29:(10):760-766.
  55. Thacher TD, Smith L, Fischer PR, Isichei CO, Cha SS, Pettifor JM. Optimal Dose of Calcium for Treatment of Nutritional Rickets: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Bone Miner Res. 2016 Nov; 31 (11):2024-2031 Epub 2016 Sept 07
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  56. Mughal MZ, Thacher TD, Specker BL, Shaw NJ, Kiely M, Munns CF, Hogler W. Response to the letter by Sugiyama and Oda. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2016 Oct; 101 (10):L97-L98
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  57. Angstman KB, Horn JL, Bernard ME, Kresin MM, Klavetter EW, Maxson J, Willis FB, Grover ML, Bryan MJ, Thacher TD. Family Medicine Panel Size with Care Teams: Impact on Quality. J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 Jul-Aug; 29 (4):444-51
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  58. Pecina JL, Romanovsky L, Merry SP, Kennel KA, Thacher TD. Comparison of Clinical Risk Tools for Predicting Osteoporosis in Women Ages 50-64. J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 Mar-Apr; 29: (2)233-9.
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  59. Munns CF, Shaw N, Kiely M, Specker BL, Thacher TD, Ozono K, Michigami T, Tiosano D, Mughal MZ, Makitie O, Ramos-Abad L, Ward L, DiMeglio LA, Atapattu N, Cassinelli H, Braegger C, Pettifor JM, Seth A, Idris HW, Bhatia V, Fu J, Goldberg G, Savendahl L, Khadgawat R, Pludowski P, Maddock J, Hypponen E, Oduwole A, Frew E, Aguiar M, Tulchinsky T, Butler G, Hogler W. Global Consensus Recommendations on Prevention and Management of Nutritional Rickets. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Feb; 101: (2)394-415.
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  60. Thacher TD, Pludowski P, Shaw NJ, Mughal MZ, Munns CF, Hogler W. Nutritional rickets in immigrant and refugee children. Public Health Rev. 2016; 37:3 Epub 2016 July 22
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  61. Thacher TD, Fischer PR, Singh RJ, Roizen J, Levine MA. CYP2R1 Mutations Impair Generation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and Cause an Atypical Form of Vitamin D Deficiency. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Jul; 100 (7):E1005-13 Epub 2015 May 05
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  62. Thacher TD, Bommersbach TJ, Pettifor JM, Isichei CO, Fischer PR. Comparison of Limestone and Ground Fish for Treatment of Nutritional Rickets in Children in Nigeria. J Pediatr. 2015 Jul; 167(1):148-54.e1. Epub 2015 Mar 19.
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  63. Dudenkov DV, Yawn BP, Oberhelman SS, Fischer PR, Singh RJ, Cha SS, Maxson JA, Quigg SM, Thacher TD. Changing Incidence of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Values Above 50 ng/mL: A 10-Year Population-Based Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 May; 90 (5):577-86
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  64. Bansal S, Pecina JL, Merry SP, Kennel KA, Maxson J, Quigg S, Thacher TD. Us preventative services task force frax threshold has a low sensitivity to detect osteoporosis in women ages 50-64 years. Osteoporos Int. 2015 Apr; 26(4):1429-33.
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  65. Robelia P, Kopecky S, Thacher T. Atrial fibrillation care improvement collaborative. BMJ Qual Improv Rep. 2015; 4 (1) Epub 2015 Sept 02
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  66. Thacher TD, Fischer PR, Pettifor JM. The effect of nutritional rickets on bone mineral density. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Nov; 99: (11)4174-80.
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  67. Singh S, Madaki AJ, Jiya NM, Singh R, Thacher TD. Predictors of malaria in febrile children in Sokoto, Nigeria. Niger Med J. 2014 Nov; 55 (6):480-5
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  68. Thacher TD, Fischer PR, Pettifor JM. Vitamin D treatment in calcium-deficiency rickets: a randomised controlled trial. Arch Dis Child. 2014 Sep; 99 (9):807-11 Epub 2014 Apr 19
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  69. Meekins ME, Oberhelman SS, Lee BR, Gardner BM, Cha SS, Singh RJ, Pettifor JM, Fischer PR, Thacher TD. Pharmacokinetics of daily versus monthly vitamin D3 supplementation in non-lactating women. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2014 May; 68 (5):632-4 Epub 2014 Jan 15
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  70. Oberhelman SS, Meekins ME, Fischer PR, Lee BR, Singh RJ, Cha SS, Gardner BM, Pettifor JM, Croghan IT, Thacher TD. Maternal vitamin D supplementation to improve the vitamin D status of breast-fed infants: a randomized controlled trial. Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Dec; 88 (12):1378-87
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  71. Thacher JD, Emmelin A, Madaki AJ, Thacher TD. Biomass fuel use and the risk of asthma in Nigerian children. Respir Med. 2013 Dec; 107(12):1845-51. Epub 2013 Sep 20.
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  72. O'Grady JS, Thacher TD, Chaudhry R. The effect of an automated clinical reminder on weight loss in primary care. J Am Board Fam Med. 2013 Nov-Dec; 26(6):745-50.
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  73. Umaretiya PJ, Thacher TD, Fischer PR, Cha SS, Pettifor JM. Bone mineral density in Nigerian children after discontinuation of calcium supplementation. Bone. 2013 Jul; 55(1):64-8. Epub 2013 Apr 06.
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  74. Thacher TD, Fischer PR, Tebben PJ, Singh RJ, Cha SS, Maxson JA, Yawn BP. Increasing incidence of nutritional rickets: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Feb; 88 (2):176-83
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  75. Merry SP, Rohrer JE, Thacher TD, Summers MR, Alpern JD, Contino RW. Variables associated with utilization of a centralized medical post in the Andean community of Pampas Grande, Peru. J Rural Health. 2012 Summer; 28 (3):235-41 Epub 2011 Sept 20
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  76. Thacher TD, Fischer PR, Isichei CO, Zoakah AI, Pettifor JM. Prevention of nutritional rickets in Nigerian children with dietary calcium supplementation. Bone. 2012 May; 50 (5):1074-80 Epub 2012 Feb 22
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  77. Whyte MP, Greenberg CR, Salman NJ, Bober MB, McAlister WH, Wenkert D, Van Sickle BJ, Simmons JH, Edgar TS, Bauer ML, Hamdan MA, Bishop N, Lutz RE, McGinn M, Craig S, Moore JN, Taylor JW, Cleveland RH, Cranley WR, Lim R, Thacher TD, Mayhew JE, Downs M, Millan JL, Skrinar AM, Crine P, Landy H. Enzyme-replacement therapy in life-threatening hypophosphatasia. N Engl J Med. 2012 Mar 8; 366(10):904-13.
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  78. Keating EM, Fischer PR, Pettifor JM, Pfitzner M, Isichei CO, Thacher TD. The effect of calcium supplementation on blood lead levels in Nigerian children. J Pediatr. 2011 Nov; 159(5):845-850.e1. Epub 2011 Jun 14.
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  79. Michael GC, Thacher TD, Shehu MI. The effect of pre-hospital care for venomous snake bite on outcome in Nigeria. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Feb; 105(2):95-101. Epub 2010 Oct 28.
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  80. Etukumana EA, Thacher TD, Sagay AS. Obstetrics Risk of HIV Infection among Antenatal Women in a rural Nigerian hospital. Niger Med J. 2011 Jan; 52(1):24-7.
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  81. Thacher TD, Clarke BL. Vitamin D insufficiency. Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Jan; 86 (1):50-60
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  82. Lawson L, Thacher TD, Yassin MA, Onuoha NA, Usman A, Emenyonu NE, Shenkin A, Davies PD, Cuevas LE. Randomized controlled trial of zinc and vitamin A as co-adjuvants for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Trop Med Int Health. 2010 Dec; 15(12):1481-90. Epub 2010 Oct 19.
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  83. Thacher TD, Abrams SA. Relationship of calcium absorption with 25(OH)D and calcium intake in children with rickets. Nutr Rev. 2010 Nov; 68 (11):682-8
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  84. Gara SN, Madaki AJ, Thacher TD. A comparison of iron and folate with folate alone in hematologic recovery of children treated for acute malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Oct; 83 (4):843-7
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  85. Thacher TD, Fischer PR, Obadofin MO, Levine MA, Singh RJ, Pettifor JM. Comparison of metabolism of vitamins D2 and D3 in children with nutritional rickets. J Bone Miner Res. 2010 Sep; 25 (9):1988-95
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  86. Etukumana EA, Thacher TD, Sagay AS. HIV risk factors among pregnant women in a rural Nigerian hospital. West Indian Med J. 2010 Jul; 59(4):424-8.
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  87. Rohrer JE, Merry SP, Thacher TD, Summers MR, Alpern JD, Contino RW. Self-assessed disability and self-rated health among rural villagers in Peru: a brief report. J Rural Health. 2010 Summer; 26 (3):294-8
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  88. Agaba PA, Thacher TD, Ekwempu CC, Idoko JA. Cervical dysplasia in Nigerian women infected with HIV. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009 Nov; 107(2):99-102. Epub 2009 Jul 19.
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  89. Thacher TD, Obadofin MO, O'Brien KO, Abrams SA. The effect of vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 on intestinal calcium absorption in Nigerian children with rickets. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Sep; 94 (9):3314-21 Epub 2009 June 30
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  90. Thacher TD, Aliu O, Griffin IJ, Pam SD, O'Brien KO, Imade GE, Abrams SA. Meals and dephytinization affect calcium and zinc absorption in Nigerian children with rickets. J Nutr. 2009 May; 139 (5):926-32 Epub 2009 Mar 25
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  91. Ogunfowokan O, Dankyau M, Madaki AJ, Thacher TD. Short report: comparison of chlorproguanil-dapsone with a combination of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and chloroquine in children with malaria in northcentral Nigeria. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Feb; 80(2):199-201.
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  92. Sagay A, Imade G, Egah D, Onwuliri V, Adisa J, Grigg M, Musa J, Thacher T, Potts M, Short R. Genital tract abnormalities among female sex workers who douche with lemon/lime juice in Nigeria. Afr J Reprod Health. 2009; 13:37-45.
  93. Fischer PR, Thacher TD, Pettifor JM. Pediatric vitamin D and calcium nutrition in developing countries. Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2008 Sep; 9 (3):181-92 Epub 2008 July 06
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  94. Oramasionwu GE, Thacher TD, Pam SD, Pettifor JM, Abrams SA. Adaptation of calcium absorption during treatment of nutritional rickets in Nigerian children. Br J Nutr. 2008 Aug; 100(2):387-92. Epub 2008 Jan 15.
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  95. Laabes EP, Thacher TD, Okeahialam BN. Risk factors for heart failure in adult Nigerians. Acta Cardiol. 2008 Aug; 63(4):437-43.
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  96. Obilom RE, Thacher TD. Posttraumatic stress disorder following ethnoreligious conflict in Jos, Nigeria. J Interpers Violence. 2008 Aug; 23(8):1108-19. Epub 2008 Feb 21.
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  97. Lawson L, Lawson JO, Olajide I, Emenyonu N, Bello CS, Olatunji OO, Davies PD, Thacher TD. Sex differences in the clinical presentation of urban Nigerian patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. West Afr J Med. 2008 Apr; 27(2):82-6.
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  98. Craviari T, Pettifor JM, Thacher TD, Meisner C, Arnaud J, Fischer PR, Rickets Convergence Group. Rickets: an overview and future directions, with special reference to Bangladesh. A summary of the Rickets Convergence Group meeting, Dhaka, 26-27 January 2006. J Health Popul Nutr. 2008 Mar; 26(1):112-21.
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  99. Imade G, Sagay A, Egah D, Onwuliri V, Grigg M, Egbodo C, Thacher T, Potts M, Short R. Prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections in relation to lemon or lime juice douching among female sex workers in Jos, Nigeria. Sex Health. 2008 Mar; 5(1):55-60.
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  100. Etukumana EA, Thacher TD, Sagay AS. HIV prevalence in pregnant women attending a rural hospital in Nigeria. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2008 Feb; 100(2):181-2. Epub 2007 Oct 01.
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  101. Ochayi B, Thacher TD. Overweight and obesity among elderly Nigerians. Highland Medical Research Journal. 2008; 6/7:49-53.
  102. Lawson L, Yassin MA, Thacher TD, Olatunji OO, Lawson JO, Akingbogun TI, Bello CS, Cuevas LE, Davies PD. Clinical presentation of adults with pulmonary tuberculosis with and without HIV infection in Nigeria. Scand J Infect Dis. 2008; 40(1):30-5. Epub 2007 Jul 10.
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  103. Lawson L, Yassin MA, Ramsay A, Emenyonu EN, Thacher TD, Davies PD, Squire SB, Cuevas LE. Short-term bleach digestion of sputum in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients co-infected with HIV. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2007 Jul; 87: (4)368-72.
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  104. Tukur IU, Thacher TD, Sagay AS, Madaki JK. A comparison of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine with chloroquine and pyrimethamine for prevention of malaria in pregnant Nigerian women. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Jun; 76(6):1019-23.
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