Nutritional rickets

Nutritional rickets

Nutritional rickets was once felt to be a disease of the past. In recent years, dietary patterns and the prevalence of unsupplemented breast feeding has led to a mild resurgence in rickets. The cases presented show a wide spectrum of nutritional disease, illustrating the common risk factors, the use...

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Veröffentlicht in:Trends in endocrinology and metabolism 1991-05, Vol.2 (3), p.81-85
1. Verfasser: Lyndon Key, L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
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Zusammenfassung:Nutritional rickets was once felt to be a disease of the past. In recent years, dietary patterns and the prevalence of unsupplemented breast feeding has led to a mild resurgence in rickets. The cases presented show a wide spectrum of nutritional disease, illustrating the common risk factors, the usefulness of vitamin-D metabolite assays in making a definitive diagnosis, and the response to vitamin-D therapy.
ISSN:1043-2760
1879-3061
DOI:10.1016/S1043-2760(05)80001-3