Long-term epidemiological insights into rickets: a nationwide population-based retrospective study [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental PediatricsBackground Rickets is a growth disorder that imposes a global health burden and causes disability in affected children. However, issues related to the clinical epidemiology and mortality risk of nutritional versus hereditary rickets have not been fully ...
Chun-Hao Chu +10 more
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Accidental Diagnosis of Type VII Osteogenesis Imperfecta in an Infant Presenting With Pneumonia and Rickets‐Like Rib Fractures: A Case Report [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT This case report describes a newborn diagnosed with Type VII Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) following an incidental finding of rib fractures during evaluation for pneumonia. The patient presented with multiple fractures, including deformities and callus formations in the ribs and extremities, initially raising concerns for differential diagnoses
Parviz S, Hooshyar D.
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Management of rickets: the new horizons for the pediatrician [PDF]
Journal of Health, Population and NutritionRickets is a major public health concern globally. It results from impaired mineralization of the growing bone at its growth plate associated with abnormal calcium and phosphate metabolism.
Rummana Tazia Tonny +4 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi +5 more
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Clinical characteristics of vitamin D deficiency rickets in infants and preschool children [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2010 Purpose : Vitamin D deficiency rickets is a significant public health problem that results from insufficient exposure to sunlight and inadequate vitamin D supplementation. The purpose of this study is to identify the clinical characteristics of vitamin D
Kyoung Huh +5 more
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A novel pathogenic mutation of the CYP27B1 gene in a patient with vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1: a case report [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Rickets can occur due to Vitamin D deficiency or defects in its metabolism. Three rare genetic types of rickets with different alterations of genes have been reported, including: Vitamin D dependent rickets type 1, Vitamin D dependent rickets
Abdulrahman MH Al Nemri +7 more
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Types and Clinical Profile of Rickets in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 2009 Background: There are different types of rickets. Rickets presents with various clinical signs and symptoms. Familial X linked hypophosphatamic rickets (XLHR) is reported to be the commonest one.
Shohela Akhter +4 more
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Diagnostic approach to rickets: an Endocrine Society of Bengal (ESB) consensus statement [PDF]
Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & MetabolismRickets, one of the leading causes of bony deformities and short stature, can be calciopenic (inciting event is defective intestinal calcium absorption) or phosphopenic (inciting event is phosphaturia). Early diagnosis and timely treatment of rickets are
Ajitesh Roy +28 more
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Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2023 AbstractNutritional rickets, caused by vitamin D and/or calcium deficiency is by far the most common cause of rickets. In resource-limited settings, it is therefore not uncommon to treat rickets with vitamin D and calcium. If rickets fails to heal and/or if there is a family history of rickets, then refractory rickets should be considered as a ...
Amish Chinoy, Raja Padidela
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Validation of a novel scoring system for changes in skeletal manifestations of hypophosphatasia in newborns, infants, and children: The Radiographic Global Impression of Change scale [PDF]
, 2018 Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is the heritable metabolic disease characterized by impaired skeletal mineralization due to low activity of the tissue-nonspecific isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase.
Fujita, Kenji P +4 more
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