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Unusual presentation of vitamin D-dependent rickets type II in a kitten

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2020
Case summary A 15-week-old kitten presented with a 1-month history of intermittent generalised tremors and abdominal distension. Hypocalcaemia associated with increased 1,25-vitamin D 3 was consistent with vitamin D 3 -dependent rickets type II. The bone
Florent Duplan, Christina Maunder
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Relationship between polymorphisms in vitamin D metabolism-related genes and the risk of rickets in Han Chinese children [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency rickets is common in China. Genetic factors may play an important role in the susceptibility to rickets. Our study aimed to identify the relationship between three vitamin D-related genes (group specific component [GC ...
Lihong Ren, Shufen Yang, Ye Liu, Yuling Zhang   +3 more
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Using data from a multi-hospital clinical network to explore prevalence of pediatric rickets in Kenya [version 1; 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
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SNX10 gene mutation leading to osteopetrosis with dysfunctional osteoclasts [PDF]

, 2017
Acknowledgements We sincerely thank the patients and family members who participated in this study. We would also like to thank Stefan Esher, Umeå University, for help with genealogy, and Anna Westerlund for excellent technical assistance.
Ameur, Adam, Coxon, Fraser P., Dahl, Niklas, Hallmans, Göran, Helfrich, Miep H., Henning, Petra, Kellgren, Therese G., Klar, Joakim, Lerner, Ulf H., Lönnerholm, Torsten, McDermott, Emma, Rydén, Patrik, Sandström, Per-Erik, Stattin, Eva-Lena, Stecksen-Blicks, Christina, Wikström, Johan   +15 more
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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
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DO IT Trial: vitamin D Outcomes and Interventions in Toddlers - a TARGet Kids! randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundVitamin D levels are alarmingly low (<75 nmol/L) in 65-70% of North American children older than 1 year. An increased risk of viral upper respiratory tract infections (URTI), asthma-related hospitalizations and use of anti-inflammatory ...
Birken, Catherine S, Borkhoff, Cornelia M, Hoch, Jeffrey S, Loeb, Mark B, Macarthur, Colin, Maguire, Jonathon L, Mamdani, Muhammad, Mazzulli, Tony, Parkin, Patricia C, TARGet Kids! Collaboration, Thorpe, Kevin   +10 more
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Locating ethnicity and health: exploring concepts and contexts [PDF]

, 2007
With the rapid development of ethnicity and health as a field of sociological research, this paper seeks to re-evaluate the development of ideas around ethnicity, 'race' and culture and consider how they have been applied to the question of health ...
Ahmad, Waqar I. U., Bradby, Hannah
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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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Pengamatan Jangka Panjang dan Intervensi Anak dengan Rakhitis dan Hipovitaminosis D

Majalah Kedokteran Andalas
Rickets is associated with impaired calcium and phosphate homeostasis, which can lead to short stature and joint deformities. Nutritional rickets results from deficiencies of vitamin D, calcium and phosphate. Vitamin D regulates calcium and phosphorus in
Toni Kurniawan, Eka Agustia Rini, Asrawati Asrawati   +2 more
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Skeletal pathologies in extant crocodilians as a window into the paleopathology of fossil archosaurs

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Crocodilians, together with birds, are the only extant relatives to many extinct archosaur groups, making them highly important for interpreting paleopathological conditions in a phylogenetic disease bracketing model. Despite this, comprehensive data on osteopathologies in crocodilians remain scarce.
Alexis Cornille, Kyla Beguesse, Ewan Wolff, Clemens Zinner, Patrick Asbach, François Clarac, Florian Witzmann   +6 more
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