Abstract Introduction: Nutritional rickets (NR), commonly known as vitamin D deficient
rickets, are still frequent in underdeveloped nations and is among the top 5 pediatric …

The study: Agarwal, et al.[1] described the profile of 300 children with clinical rickets from all
admissions (mostly respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms, or convulsions) to the pediatric …

A 19-month-old boy presented to the general pediatric clinic with delayed development and
multiple nutritional deficiencies, after being exclusively breastfed up to the age of nine …

Rickets caused by poor nutrition was widespread in Norway at the beginning of this century.
Today it is a very rare disease among Norwegian children. During the last 20 years …

Immigrant and refugee populations bring public health challenges to host nations. In the
current global refugee crisis, children are the most vulnerable subpopulation. Diseases that …

Nutritional rickets remains prevalent in developing regions of the world such as Africa, the
Indian subcontinent, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Rickets causes considerable …

Opinions expressed in commentaries are those of the authors and not necessarily those of
the American Academy of Pediatrics or its Committees. Commentaries are not peer …

Rickets is a mineralization disorder of the growing bone. Nutritional rickets is still prevalent
in many parts of the developing world and is re-emerging in developed countries. Although …