Abstract
Based on the presentation and clinical features of four cases of nutritional rickets, it is suggested that particular groups of children, namely vegetarians, children breast-fed for an unusually long time, and black children, are risk to develop the nutritional deficiencies of vitamin D and calcium that lead to clinical rickets. The diagnoses in these cases were made by fortuitous radiologic examination, even though the children had been receiving regular pediatric supervision, indicating a lack of awareness of the condition. This report is intended to emphasize the reemergence of nutritional rickets and to illustrate the different modes of its clinical presentation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 72-76 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Pediatrics |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1980 |
| Externally published | Yes |