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Nephrolithiasis, kidney failure and bone disorders in Dent disease patients with and without CLCN5 mutations [PDF]
, 2015 open9noDent disease (DD) is a rare X-linked recessive renal tubulopathy characterised by low-molecular-weight proteinuria (LMWP), hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis and/or nephrolithiasis. DD is caused by mutations in both the CLCN5 and OCRL genes.
Angela D’Angelo +9 more
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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 +4 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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Ideology and disease identity : the politics of rickets, 1929-1982 [PDF]
, 2013 How can we assess the reciprocal impacts of politics and medicine in the contemporary period? Using the example of rickets in twentieth century Britain, I will explore the ways in which a preventable, curable non-infectious disease came to have enormous ...
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Vitamin D for Growth and Rickets in Stunted Children: A Randomized Trial
Pediatrics, 2020 We explore the effect of vitamin D supplementation on growth and rickets in highly stunted inner-city Afghan children insufficient in vitamin D and calcium. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Vitamin D is essential for healthy development of bones, but little is
Francesca L. Crowe +9 more
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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 +4 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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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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The roles of vitamin D and dietary calcium in nutritional rickets
Bone Reports, 2018 The etiology and pathogenesis of nutritional rickets are becoming progressively clearer. Vitamin D deficiency has generally been considered the major or only player in the pathogenesis of nutritional rickets.
Kebashni Thandrayen, John M. Pettifor
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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 +10 more
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