title: [Vitamin D-metabolism and rickets (author's transl)].
abstract: By new methods Vitamin D metabolites can now be determined in small quantities of biological fluids. These methods have revealed further details about Vitamin D metabolism as well as the pathogeneses and therapy of the various types of rickets. A review of this topic will be presented.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012279:Rickets / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols; D014807:Vitamin D; D002762:Cholecalciferol
vernacular_title: Vitamin D-Stoffwechsel und Rachitis.