Nutritional rickets continues to be a significant health problem for children worldwide with
recent evidence of increasing incidence in many developed countries. It is due to vitamin D …

Vitamin D deficiency has been considered to be the cause of nutritional rickets for most of
the past century. During the past two decades, however, it has become clear that nutritional …

Rickets was first described in great detail in the mid 17th century and was affecting a great
number of children in major European cities. The disease, however, existed already in the …

Nutritional rickets is a major public health problem in many countries of the world. The
disease is characterized by deformities of the long bones, enlargement of the wrists and …

Nutritional rickets, an ancient disease that was thought to have been cured in the early part
of the 20th century, has made an unexpected comeback in recent years throughout the …

Nutritional rickets continues to be a public health problem in many countries despite the
presence of cheap and effective means of preventing the disease. Deficiency of vitamin D is …

Nutritional rickets remains a global public health problem, despite effective and inexpensive
means to prevent and treat the disease. It is most prevalent in the infant/toddler age groups …

Nowadays, infectious diseases are less prevalent in many countries around the world and
chronic diseases including obesity, diabetes, behavioral problems and nutritional …

Over one billion humans have insufficient circulating levels of vitamin D, and dietary
insufficiency of calcium is common in developing countries. Worldwide, nutritional rickets is …

Introduction Rickets is typically characterized by bone deformities due to defective bone
mineralization and chondrocyte maturation in growing bones. However, infantile rickets …