Rickets (and Osteomalacia), Nutritional and Metabolic (1919–69)
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Hypophosphatemic rickets and osteomalacia.
The hypophosphatemic conditions that interfere in bone mineralization comprise many hereditary or acquired diseases, all of them sharing the same pathophysiologic mechanism: reduction in the phosphate reabsorption by the renal tubuli. This process leads to chronic hyperphosphaturia and hypophosphatemia, associated with inappropriately normal or low levels of calcitriol, causing osteomalacia or ...
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Although the relationship between rickets and vitamin D was recognized over 60 years ago it is only relatively recently that the metabolic pathway leading to the active form of vitamin D was recognized. We now understand that vitamin D in the form of one of its active metabolites is necessary for the maintenance of calcium homeostasis and we appreciate in part the mechanisms by which this is br...
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Rickets, though not a common disease in the affiliated population, is one of the diseases which affect the growth of children in the developing countries (where the nutritional deficiency is common). Rickets can be characteristically identified using the clinical features and they can be confirmed using biochemical investigation. In this article, we will discuss the various features of rickets ...
متن کاملRickets (Osteomalacia) — Symptoms and Treatment
Rickets, though not a common disease in the affiliated population, is one of the diseases which affect the growth of children in the developing countries (where the nutritional deficiency is common). Rickets can be characteristically identified using the clinical features and they can be confirmed using biochemical investigation. In this article, we will discuss the various features of rickets ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591577006300432