title: [Deficiency rickets in older children. Apropos of 2 cases].
abstract: Typical rickets were observed in a 13 year old Turkish girl and in a 14 year old Moroccan girl. Hypocalcaemia was present in one case. Symptoms have easily regressed with vitamin D2. Seric 25 OH D3 was very low; seric 1-25 OH D3 was normal before treatment and increased very much with vitamin D. In the second case vitamin D deficiency was familial. Study of 15 immigrant children living in or near Saint-Etienne has shown low seric concentrations of 25 OH D3 in 9 (8 undetectable).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D012279:Rickets / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D
vernacular_title: Rachitisme carentiel chez le grand enfant. A propos de 2 observations.