Nutritional rickets remains a common child health problem in Turkey and many other
developing countries. Although vitamin D deficiency is accepted as the basic problem …

Introduction: Rickets is usually attributed to vitamin D deficiency. However, recent studies
have implicated dietary calcium deficiency in its etiology. Information on relative efficacy of …

Background Nutritional rickets remains prevalent in many tropical countries despite the fact
that such countries have ample sunlight. Some postulate that a deficiency of dietary calcium …

In a previous study of rachitic children in Jos, Nigeria we concluded that inadequate dietary
intake of calcium was the primary contributing factor to the development of their rickets. The …

Objective: Because the causes of nutritional rickets in tropical countries are poorly
understood, we conducted a case-control study to determine factors associated with rickets …

The findings in 20 cases of nutritional rickets treated on an out-patient basis with oral
calciferol and calcium gluconate are reported. Attention was paid to their clinical …

Nutritional vitamin D deficiency rickets was established in 41 Sudanese children aged from
3 months to 7 years by clinical, radiological and therapeutic response supported by …

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 …

Introduction: Nutritional rickets has been described from at least 59 countries in the last 20
years. Its spectrum of causes differs in different regions of the world. Methods: We conducted …

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 …