Background Nutritional rickets remains prevalent in many tropical countries despite the fact
that such countries have ample sunlight. Some postulate that a deficiency of dietary calcium …

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 …

Introduction: Nutritional rickets has been described from at least 59 countries in the last 20
years. Its spectrum of causes differs in different regions of the world. Methods: We conducted …

Nutritional rickets remains a common child health problem in Turkey and many other
developing countries. Although vitamin D deficiency is accepted as the basic problem …

The relative importance of calcium vs. vitamin D deficiency in the etiology of nutritional
rickets in the tropics may be different in children compared with adolescents. We studied …

Eleven Nigerian children with clinically and radiologically proven rickets were assessed
biochemically. The children had low or low normal concentrations of total and corrected …

Context: Nutritional rickets is usually attributed to vitamin D deficiency. Studies from some
tropical countries have postulated low dietary intake of calcium as the cause of nutritional …

Worldwide, nutritional rickets continues to be an evolving problem with several causes. This
paper provides an updated literature review characterising the prevalence, aetiology …

In most developing countries, nutritional rickets is a major health problem. The aim of this
study was to explore the magnitude of nutritional rickets among Saudi infants, and the …

Nutritional rickets remains a global public health problem, despite effective and inexpensive
means to prevent and treat the disease. It is most prevalent in the infant/toddler age groups …