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 …

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 …

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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 …

Abstract Purpose of Review Nutritional rickets and osteomalacia are common in dark-
skinned and migrant populations. Their global incidence is rising due to changing …

Background Nutritional rickets contributes to the high burden of illness and death among
Ethiopian children below 5 years of age. Lack of adequate information appears to have …

Nutritional Rickets is a common disease among our children and numbers of individuals
suffering from it arising every year. Up to our knowledge no previous community based …

Aims Rickets is a disease of growing children with serious short and long-term
complications. Although the prevalence of rickets has been reported widely to be increasing …

Purpose: Rickets is a common disorder among children under five years mostly in the
developing countries. It negatively affect normal growth and development of children thereby …