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Using data from a multi-hospital clinical network to explore prevalence of pediatric rickets in Kenya [version 2; referees: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2017
Background: Nutritional rickets is a public health concern in developing countries despite tropical climates and a re-emerging issue in developed countries.
Stella W. Karuri, Maureen K. Murithi, Grace Irimu, Mike English, Clinical Information Network authors   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nutritional rickets masquerading as spinal muscular atrophy type III

, 2023
Muscle atrophy, weakness, and loss of ambulation in the pediatric population are signs of progressive neuromuscular diseases. Rapid identification of such diseases is important to prevent further progression. In pediatric neurology, it is well understood
Reynolds, Thomas, Swartz, Jonathan, Patel, Rutvi   +2 more
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Early and severe presentation of vitamin D deficiency and nutritional rickets among hospitalized infants and the effective factors

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2009
Nutritional rickets is re-emerging as a significant health problem among children. We determined the frequency of nutritional rickets and vitamin D deficiency among hospitalized children and the effective factors.
Hasan Tezer, Zeynep Siklar, Yildiz Dallar, Seyda Doğankoç   +3 more
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Acute respiratory failure and generalized hypotonia secondary to vitamin D dependent rickets type 1A

International Journal of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2018
Vitamin D dependent rickets is a rare autosomal recessive disorder secondary to mutation in 1 a hydroxylase enzyme gene. We are presenting a case of a two-year-old boy with vitamin D dependent rickets type 1A whose diagnosis was missed for a long period ...
Noman Ahmad, Mrouge Mohamed Sobaihi, Mona Al-Jabri, Nabil Abdulrahman Al –Esaei, Abdullah M. Al Zaydi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence and prevalence of nutritional and hereditary rickets in southern Denmark

, 2009
Objective To estimate the incidence of nutritional rickets and the incidence and prevalence of hereditary rickets. Design Population-based retrospective cohort study based on a review of medical records.
Gram, Jeppe; id_orcid, Jacobsen, Bendt, Beck-Nielsen, Signe, Brixen, Kim, Jensen, Tina Kold; id_orcid   +4 more
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Nutritional rickets and severe hypocalcemia in two Canadian newcomers

Nutritional rickets and hypocalcemia are serious but preventable medical conditions with important and potentially long-lasting health implications. Despite well-established recommendations around dietary modification and nutritional supplementation ...
Evong, Yolanda, Mokashi, Arati
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Diagnosis, treatment, and management of rickets: a position statement from the Bone and Mineral Metabolism Group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology

Frontiers in Endocrinology
Rickets results from impaired mineralization of growing bone due to alterations in calcium and phosphate homeostasis. Clinical signs of rickets are related to the age of the patient, the duration of the disease, and the underlying disorder.
Giampiero I. Baroncelli, Pasquale Comberiati, Pasquale Comberiati, Tommaso Aversa, Tommaso Aversa, Federico Baronio, Alessandra Cassio, Alessandra Cassio, Mariangela Chiarito, Mirna Cosci o di Coscio, Luisa De Sanctis, Natascia Di Iorgi, Natascia Di Iorgi, Maria Felicia Faienza, Danilo Fintini, Roberto Franceschi, Mila Kalapurackal, Silvia Longhi, Michela Mariani, Marco Pitea, Andrea Secco, Daniele Tessaris, Francesco Vierucci, Malgorzata Wasniewska, Giovanna Weber, Stefano Mora   +25 more
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Case Report: Children with Severe Nutritional Rickets in the Naga Region in Northwest Myanmar, on the border with India. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2021
Aung H, Soe K, Smithuis FF, Lamb T, Aung MW, Smithuis FM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Two types of nutritional rickets in infants

, 1976
In 100 infants with nutritional rickets, i.e., responsive to vitamin D therapy, we found a close inverse relationship between serum phosphorus, on the one hand, and serum alkaline phosphatase and the presence of radiological signs of rickets, on the ...
Doxiadis, S., Lapatsanis, P., Makaronis, G., Vretos, C.   +3 more
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Rickets in Denmark

, 2012
Rickets is a heterogeneous group of diseases of the growing child caused by defect mineralization of bone. Nutritional rickets is caused by deficiency of vitamin D, calcium or both.
Beck-Nielsen, Signe
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