Although systematic vitamin D supplementation in adolescents remains debated, rickets is
nevertheless a well recognized pathology in this age group. Adolescence is an at-risk period …

Le rachitisme symptomatique de l’adolescent Page 1 ARTICLE ORIGINAL Le rachitisme
symptomatique de l’adolescent Symptomatic rickets in adolescents E. Mallet a,*, J. Gaudelus b …

AIM To describe 21 cases of symptomatic rickets in adolescents. METHODS The setting was
a primary and secondary care hospital in Saudi Arabia providing medical care to Saudi Arab …

Worldwide, rickets is the most common form of metabolic bone disease in children. Despite
the concept that it is a rare disease, it is on the increase in many regions, including Western …

I read with interest the article by Oginni et al. 1 on the etiology of rickets in Nigerian children.
This article touches on an interest that I have had for many years in vitamin D, calcium, and …

The 25 children included 15 males and 10 females. Only two patients were above five years
(13 and 15 years); both were referred because of deformities. Two were under one year of …

Rickets is a heterogeneous group of diseases of the growing child caused by defect
mineralization of bone. Nutritional rickets is caused by deficiency of vitamin D, calcium or …

Rickets continues to occur even in warm countries like Greece. This is the first population
survey of the incidence of biochemical evidence of rickets in a random sample of infants …

Objective: To determine the clinical spectrum of rickets among black children admitted to
King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban. Design: Prospective study of black children with rickets …

Aim. To describe the characteristics of children with vitamin D deficiency rickets and identify
common features and predisposing factors. Methods. A review of the clinical notes of all …