Nutritional rickets without vitamin D deficiency in Bangladesh

Authors
Fischer, PR Rahman, A Cimma, JP Kyaw-Myint, TO Kabir, ARML Talukder, K Hassan, N Manaster, BJ Staab, DB Duxbury, JM Welch, RM Meisner, CA Haque, S Combs, GF
Citation
Pr. Fischer et al., Nutritional rickets without vitamin D deficiency in Bangladesh, J TROP PEDI, 45(5), 1999, pp. 291-293
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF TROPICAL PEDIATRICS
ISSN journal
01426338 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
291 - 293
Database
ISI
SICI code
0142-6338(199910)45:5<291:NRWVDD>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
To understand nutritional rickets in Bangladesh better, 14 rachitic and 13 'unaffected' children were evaluated. Seventy per cent of children with act ive rickets had no evidence of either vitamin D deficiency or familial rick ets. Rickets in Bangladesh is probably related to calcium deficiency. Abnor malities in 'unaffected' children suggest that subclinical calcium insuffic iency is common.