… This paper provides a global perspective of the prevalence of nutritional rickets and will … of
nutritional rickets In North America and many countries in Northern Europe, nutritional rickets …

… and congenital rickets, defined as the presence of rickets in the first month of life [1], are
linked to VDD during pregnancy [47]. Other non-osseous signs and symptoms in infants can be …

… for the development of rickets in young infants, provide a global perspective of the incidence
… difficulties in establishing the prevalence of active rickets in developing countries. Finally I …

… While global strategies focusing on preventing nutritional rickets are beyond the scope of …
breastfeeding may put infants at further risk of nutritional rickets owing to the infants’ poor …

… for signs of rickets at … of rickets in 34 (92%) of 37 infants treated for 6 months and in 7 (58%)
of 12 treated for 4 months. Of the 16 infants who did not take the prescribed treatment, rickets …

… provided a comprehensive global assessment of the disease. … In Greece, rickets was not
uncommon in infants some 40 … congenital rickets was recently described in a young infant born …

… Infants at risk of rickets tend to be those whose mothers had poor vitamin D status during …
in Western countries and are of a magnitude that represents a global public health concern. …

… Rickets is one of the most common global childhood conditions. In the United Kingdom (UK),
where rickets … Rickets may develop in infancy if vitamin D and mineral deficiencies continue. …

… The global rickets consensus recognises the equal … For rickets prevention, 400 IU daily is
recommended for all … , cardiomyopathy and rickets will contribute to or cause infant mortality. A …

… Nutritional rickets remains a global public health problem, despite effective and inexpensive
… infants and children to rickets. In a study of Turkish and Egyptian infants with rickets, the …