Nutritional rickets in breast-fed infants.
A ten-year literature review was prompted by the fortuitous discovery of nutritional rickets in a "well child." Sixty-three cases were identified, suggesting that this disease is not so rare as thought. Rickets should be considered in the differential diagnosis of nonspecific musculoskeletal complaints and poor growth. Vitamin D supplementation in breast-fed children should be prescribed more often.
D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012279:Rickets / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014807:Vitamin D