'Osteopenia'or'rickets of prematurity'is a condition or group of conditions resulting in reduced
bone mineralisation in preterm infants, and leading, in severe cases, to frank radiological …

To evaluate the effect of early treatment on calcium metabolism and growth of infants with X-
linked hypophosphataemic rickets (XLH), we enrolled eight infants (one boy) with XLH in a …

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 …

Treatment with 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin-D3 and phosphorus supplementation for as long as
48 months was evaluated in six patients with renal hypophosphatemic rickets. Previous …

Radiographic changes of rickets are well characterized, but no method of grading the
severity of these changes has been in general use. Consequently, it is difficult to compare …

Ten patients with hypophosphatemic rickets (eight with X-linked familial form) were treated
with vitamin D2 (10,000 to 75,000 units per day) and oral phosphate (1.5 to 3.6 gm) for a …

The hypophosphatemic conditions that interfere in bone mineralization comprise many
hereditary or acquired diseases, all of them sharing the same pathophysiologic mechanism …

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 …

Rickets was a major public health problem dating from Roman times, and medical
descriptions of rickets date from the 17th century. Sniadecki first advocated treatment by …