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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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The genetic and epigenetic contributions to the development of nutritional rickets

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Nutritional rickets is an important disease in global health. Although nutritional rickets commonly manifests as bony deformities, there is an increased risk of life-threatening seizures secondary to hypocalcaemia.
Innocent Ogunmwonyi, Adewale Adebajo, Jeremy Mark Wilkinson   +2 more
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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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Vitamin D: Newer Concepts of Its Metabolism and Function at the Basic and Clinical Level. [PDF]

, 2020
The interest in vitamin D continues unabated with thousands of publications contributing to a vast and growing literature each year. It is widely recognized that the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and the enzymes that metabolize vitamin D are found in many ...
Bikle, Daniel D
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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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Vitamin D supplementation in the pediatric rheumatology clinic. [PDF]

, 2011
Vitamin D is capturing the attention of healthy and chronically ill populations for its potential skeletal and nonskeletal benefits. New information suggesting a role in immune modulation has led to a surge of interest among rheumatologists. Although the
Burnham, Jon M, von Scheven, Emily
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Hypophosphatemic rickets

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012
Hypophosphatemic rickets is a disorder of bone mineralization caused due to defects (inherited/acquired) in the renal handling of phosphorus. This group includes varied conditions, X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets being the most common inheritable form of rickets. The other common forms are autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets and tumor-induced
Varsha S Jagtap, Vijaya Sarathi, Anurag R Lila, Tushar Bandgar, Padmavathy Menon, Nalini S Shah   +5 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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Proceedings of the Rank Forum on Vitamin D [PDF]

, 2010
The Rank Forum on Vitamin D was held on 2nd and 3rd July 2009 at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. The workshop consisted of a series of scene-setting presentations to address the current issues and challenges concerning vitamin D and health, and ...
A. L. Darling, A. Mavroeidi, A. Prentice, A. R. Martineau, B. J. Boucher, C. Cooper, C. Lamberg-Allardt, C. M. Williams, C. Nowson, C. P. G. M. de Groot, Datta, E. Hyppönen, E. M. Stone, Finch, Grant, Gregory, H. M. Macdonald, Henderson, J. L. Berry, J. L. Buttriss, K. D. Cashman, L. M. Miles, Liu, M. Ashwell, M. Kiely, Martineau, R. M. Francis, R. Vieth, Ruston, S. A. Lanham-New, S. Reddy, T. Masud, W. D. Fraser   +32 more
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Assessing the preservation of cytosine methylation in ancient DNA from five prehistoric Native American populations [PDF]

, 2015
textCytosine methylation of CpG dinucleotides is an important epigenetic mark that regulates gene expression in humans. While methylation patterns in extant populations have been widely studied, few studies have attempted to analyze methylation in ...
Smith, Ricky Wayne Aldon
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