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 ...

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 ...

Hypophosphatemic rickets is a rare form of rickets that affect children. The diagnosis requires high index of suspicion. We report a case of Hypophosphatemic rickets in 18-month-old Saudi boy presented with delayed walking and lower limb deformity. The diagnosis was confirmed by bone profile, radiological study and genetic testing, which reveled PHEX mutation. The patient was successfully treat...

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 ...

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 ...

Rickets is not a disease of the past. We described a toddler who developed hypophosphatemic rickets associated with the use of elemental formula. This case highlights the importance of frequent monitoring of mineral metabolism in children receiving elemental formula and considering rickets in the workup of child abuse.

Objective: To assess the risk factors causing nutritional rickets among children in our part of world. Subjects And Methods: 47 children with rickets and 47 control children matched for age and sex were recruited over a 18 month period in a tertiary care hospital in northern kerala.Diagnosis was based on clinical, radiological, biochemical parameters and response to treatment. Children who pres...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies are common worldwide, causing nutritional rickets and osteomalacia, which have a major impact on health, growth, and development of infants, children, and adolescents; the consequences can be lethal or can last into adulthood. The goals of this evidence-based consensus document are to provide health care professionals with guidance for prevention, d...

Serum levels of calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, and 25 hydroxy-vitamin D (25-OH-D3) were measured in normal and malnourished children with and without rickets. Children with rickets had clinical, biochemical, and x-ray evidence of the disease; most of them were malnourished. 25-OH-D3 levels were lower than in normal children. After treatment with vitamin D their condition improved. 2...

Congenital rickets is considered a rare disease entity in the newborn period. Hypocalcemic seizure due to congenital rickets has been reported, but this symptom generally appears at the earliest at the end of the first month of life. A congenital rickets case presented unusually with seizure on the first day of life is reported, and the continuing occurrence of the disease with serious conseque...