Backgroud: Hypocalcemia can be defined as a state when serum calcium level is less than 7
mg/dl in preterm neonates and less than 8 mg/dl in term neonates and less than 8.5 mg/dl in …

Background: This study was performed in an attempt to assess serum calcium, phosphorus,
and ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE in adolescent girls and calcium supplementation in …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors contributing to nutritional rickets among
the children presenting at Isra University Hospital Hyderabad, Sindh-Pakistan. DESIGN: A …

Nutritional rickets is casued by vitamin D deficiency due to lack of exposure to sunlight.
Neonatal rickets occurs only in infants born to mothers with very severe osteomalacia …

Background: There is no local data about rickets available in Hazara Division, while clinical
experience suggests that problem exists in this area with abundant sunlight. We carried out …

Context: Nutritional rickets is usually attributed to vitamin D deficiency. Studies from some
tropical countries have postulated low dietary intake of calcium as the cause of nutritional …

Objective Inadequate sunlight exposure and calcium intake during rapid growth at puberty
lead to hypocalcemia, hypovitaminosis D and eventually to overt rickets. To determine …

It was only in the early part of the 20th century with the discovery of vitamin D and of the role
that ultraviolet light irradiation plays in vitamin D formation that rational and appropriate …

Objective: To determine the occurrence of subclinical rickets and its causing factors among
adolescent students of schools in Kaghan Valley, Pakistan. Study Design: Observation cross …

The relative importance of calcium vs. vitamin D deficiency in the etiology of nutritional
rickets in the tropics may be different in children compared with adolescents. We studied …