Vitamin-D deficiency rickets in Jamaican children.
Vitamin-D deficiency is not as rare in Jamaica as previously believed. 9 children with vitamin-D deficiency rickets have been seen at the University Hospital of the West Indies during the past 5 years. All were over 3 years of age at time of presentation. Both dietary deficiency of vitamin D and lack of exposure to sunlight seem to be important causes. Children living in rural Jamaica seem to be more susceptible to the disease than those living in a city, due perhaps to more prolonged breast feeding and lack of fortified milk feeds on weaning.
D001741:Black or African American; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D004872:Ergocalciferols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007015:Hypophosphatemia, Familial / Q000188:drug therapy; D007223:Infant; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood; D012279:Rickets / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D013472:Sunlight
D004872:Ergocalciferols; D010758:Phosphorus; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D002118:Calcium