Nutritional rickets develops as a consequence of inadequate intake of calcium and vitamin D
with foods. Dark-skinned individuals, lack of sunlight exposure, solely breastfed infants are …

Aim: To assess the risk factors for nutritional rickets among children in Kuwait. Methods: One
hundred and three children with rickets and 102 control children matched for age and …

Background. Nutritional rickets (NR) is still a major problem and is exacerbated by an
increasing influx of immigrants. In this study, Turkish and immigrant cases followed with the …

Nutritional rickets is a disease of growing children leading to bone pain and deformities,
convulsions or delayed motor development. Developing countries have a high incidence of …

Objective: To determine the frequency of Vitamin D deficiency in children presenting with
rickets. Methods: Descriptive case series was conducted at the department of Paediatrics …

Objective: The aim of this study is to find the characteristics of nutritional rickets and the
proportion of cases diagnosed prospectively. Methods: Details of 54 cases of nutritional …

Nutritional rickets (NR) remains the most common form of developmental bone disease, in
spite of the efforts of clinicians and health care providers to reduce the incidence of the …

Introduction: Rickets is a disease of growing bone that is unique to children and
adolescents. It is caused by a failure of osteoid to calcify in growing children. Failure of …

Purpose: Rickets is one of the most common diseases of childhood and is more prevalent in
the developing countries. It affects the rapid growth phase of the children. Rickets is affected …