Background: Rickets is a disorder of the growing child arising from impaired mineralisation
of the growth plate and osteoid. The most common cause of NR in the UK is thought to be …

© 2001 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors achieved the greatest increase in
bone mineral density, with a larger increase occurring in cortical bone sites (radius and …

Background Nutritional rickets is a disease which affects children, especially in low‐and
middle‐income countries. It causes problems such as skeletal deformities and impaired …

Nutritional rickets is a major public health problem in many countries of the world. The
disease is characterized by deformities of the long bones, enlargement of the wrists and …

Rickets, once thought vanquished, is reappearing. In some less developed countries it
hardly went away. This seminar reviews the effects of genes, stage of development, and …

Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults are metabolic bone disorders which can be
genetic or acquired [most often nutritional or drug-related (1)]. During the last decade, we …

Introduction Rickets is typically characterized by bone deformities due to defective bone
mineralization and chondrocyte maturation in growing bones. However, infantile rickets …

Rickets is one of the most prevalent non-communicable diseases in children in the
developing world. It is often found in cultures in which children follow strict vegetarian diets …

Nutritional rickets remains a public health concern in many areas of the world despite cheap
and effective means of preventing the disease. The roles of vitamin D deficiency, low dietary …