To develop a clinical prediction rule that could accurately identify children with active rickets
in countries where nutritional rickets is common, we prospectively recorded clinical features …

Introduction This study describes clinical and biochemical characteristics of nutritional
rickets and risk factors at diagnosis among children living in Denmark. All medical records …

Nutritional rickets remains prevalent in developing regions of the world such as Africa, the
Indian subcontinent, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Rickets causes considerable …

Two hundred and fifty children with clinical, biochemical and radiological evidence of
vitamin-D-deficiency rickets were studied over a period of 5 years. Their ages ranged from 1 …

Objective To study the role of sunlight exposure in determining the vitamin D status of
underprivileged toddlers. Methods Height and weight were measured, clinical examination …

Background. The adolescent age group is particularly prone to nutritional
rickets/osteomalacia due to an increased demand for nutrients, especially calcium and …

This is the continuation of a two-part review of rickets. This part emphasizes the specific
pathophysiology, clinical features, pathoanatomy and radiographic findings of vitamin D …

ABSTRACT At Ataturk University Hospital, eight infants who presented with hypocalcaemic
seizures were subsequently found to have rickets. Their mothers had osteomalacia. Neither …

Classical vitamin D deficiency rickets is common in Ethiopia. An advanced form ofrickets in
children 1 to 2 years of age was found to be associated with a high case fatality rate. Twenty …

Rickets is a bone disease associated with abnormal serum calcium and phosphate levels.
The clinical presentation is heterogeneous and depends on the age of onset and …