In order to examine the etiology of refractory rickets, we evaluated the case records of
patients presenting between 1990 and 2002. Subjects with impaired renal functions were …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the general features of rickets, classification of the
various causes of the disease, and nutritional rickets. Rickets is a clinical syndrome …

Objective: To analyze the characteristics of infants and children diagnosed with nutritional
rickets at two medical centers in North Carolina in the 1990s. Study design: The physical …

Objective: To assess the role of calcium in the development of clinical rickets among
Ethiopian children coming to Jimma Specialised Hospital outpatient, department. Design …

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 …

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the American Academy of Pediatrics or its Committees. Commentaries are not peer …

Objective Children with complaints of not able to walk were investigated for rickets by
appropriate history, clinical examination, serum biochemistry and radiology. Methods …

Objective To determine the frequency of stunting and micronutrient deficiencies in
malnourished children admitted in a tertiary care hospital. Methods It was a cross-sectional …