1. Vitamin D-deficient Rickets: A Multifactorial Disease
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Nancy F. Sheard, Sara Fitzpatrick, Mary LeeRitter, and Nathaniel G. Clark
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Male ,Vitamin ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Diet therapy ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Skin Pigmentation ,Rickets ,vitamin D deficiency ,Nutritional Rickets ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Internal medicine ,Ultraviolet light ,Vitamin D and neurology ,Humans ,Medicine ,Vitamin D ,Cholecalciferol ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,business.industry ,Infant ,Vitamin D Deficiency ,medicine.disease ,Endocrinology ,chemistry ,Dietary Supplements ,Sunlight ,business - Abstract
We present a case of an African-American child with vitamin D-deficient rickets. In addition to being solely breast-fed for the period of 1 year, he resided in New England, where exposure to ultraviolet light is limited owing to its northern latitude and long cold winters. He presented with classical signs of nutritional rickets and was immediately responsive to treatment with vitamin D supplementation.
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- 2009
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