Vitamin D, calcium or a combination of vitamin D and calcium for the treatment of nutritional rickets in children
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DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd012581
Abstract: Background Nutritional rickets is a disease which affects children, especially in low- and middle-income countries. It causes problems such as skeletal deformities and impaired growth. The most common cause of nutritional rickets is vitamin D… read more here.
Keywords: calcium; vitamin calcium; nutritional rickets; certainty evidence ... See more keywords
Nutritional rickets and its associated factors among under-five children in Assela referral and teaching hospital, Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study design
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DOI: 10.1186/s12887-025-05665-x
Abstract: Nutritional rickets is a preventable skeletal disorder caused by deficiencies in vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate, leading to softening and weakening of bones. While it was once nearly eliminated in high-income countries, the resurgence of… read more here.
Keywords: hospital; based cross; hospital based; study ... See more keywords
Got milk? A call for cultural competency to prevent nutritional rickets and associated hypocalcemic seizures in exclusively breastfed infants
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DOI: 10.1542/peds.142.1_meetingabstract.681
Abstract: Introduction: Normal bone growth and mineralization require adequate stores of calcium and phosphate. Deficient mineralization in infants and children can result in rickets. In most cases, the diagnosis is established with a thorough history and… read more here.
Keywords: cultural competency; got milk; call cultural; competency prevent ... See more keywords
The genetic and epigenetic contributions to the development of nutritional rickets
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DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1059034
Abstract: Nutritional rickets is an important disease in global health. Although nutritional rickets commonly manifests as bony deformities, there is an increased risk of life-threatening seizures secondary to hypocalcaemia. Dietary vitamin D deficiency is associated with… read more here.
Keywords: epigenetic contributions; contributions development; nutritional rickets; development ... See more keywords