Nutritional rickets is the failure of normal bone formation in children, caused by vitamin D deficiency, low calcium intake, or a combination of both. In the United States, prolonged breastfeeding without vitamin D supplementation is a major risk factor. Increasing awareness of the rationale for ...
Because of Canada’s northern latitude, understanding vitamin D deficiency and associated health problems is of critical importance to Canadian children and their parents. Our goal is to close the key knowledge gaps in the potential health consequences associated with low vitamin D levels in young ch...
8,10 This, in combination with non-specific symptoms and lack of a gold standard, makes diagnosis of Cbl deficiency particularly challenging. Many studies on biochemical markers have been performed in adults.3 Plasma vitamin B12 status markers, and in particular holoTC concentrations, in children ...
Correction of vitamin D deficiency in a cohort of newborn infants using daily 200 IU vitamin D supplementation Article 26 July 2015 A toddler with severe vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1 A (VDDR1A), hungry bone syndrome, and severe RSV infection: presentation and therapeutic challenges Ar...
Vitamin D deficiency rickets in a toddler presenting with motor developmental delayPretermDietDXAProgrammingPeak bone massBackground: Preterm infants are at risk of metabolic bone disease due to inadequate mineral intake with unknown consequences for later bone health. Objective: To test the hypotheses ...
Vitamin B(12) deficiency case in young toddlerThompson, June
A. MUrda CardonaA. LAnales De PediatriaGalindo Zavala R, Ramos Fernandez JM, Cordon Martinez AM, Urda Cardona AL. Convulsive status due to hypocalcemia in a toddler secondary to maternal vitamin D deficiency. AnPediatr (Barc). 2013; 78(1):65-7....