Objective To review experiences of nutritional rickets and osteomalacia in school children
and adolescents at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia …

Background: There is no local data about rickets available in Hazara Division, while clinical
experience suggests that problem exists in this area with abundant sunlight. We carried out …

Defective mineralization of the growth plate and preformed osteoid result in rickets and
osteomalacia, respectively. The leading cause of rickets worldwide is solar vitamin D …

Objectives A high prevalence of rickets of unknown aetiology has been reported in
Chakaria, Bangladesh. Classically, rickets is caused by vitamin D deficiency but increasing …

Objectives: To explore the role of radiological examination and certain biochemical values in
diagnosis and assessing severity of nutritional rickets. Methods: Cases of symptomatic …

Objective. This study describes the magnitude and characteristics of nutritional rickets and
associated risk factors among children in Qatar. Subjects. A consecutive sample of 730 …

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 …

AIM To describe 21 cases of symptomatic rickets in adolescents. METHODS The setting was
a primary and secondary care hospital in Saudi Arabia providing medical care to Saudi Arab …

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 …

In this retrospective study from Saudi Arabia, which is a rich and sunny country, we report
our experience with 34 adolescents (20 females, 10 males) with rickets. The commonest …