Calcium-deficiency rickets in a four-year-old boy with milk allergy.
A 4-year-old boy was found to have rickets associated with normal serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and high serum levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. These findings were thought to be the result of dietary calcium deficiency caused by the prolonged elimination from his diet of cow milk and milk products because of allergy. Adequate intake of calcium resulted in rapid improvement.
Davidovits
M
M
Nephrology Unit, Children's Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
Levy
Y
Y
Avramovitz
T
T
Eisenstein
B
B
D000818:Animals; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000209:etiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000172:deficiency*; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003611:Dairy Products / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016269:Milk Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications*; D012279:Rickets / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D002119:Calcium Carbonate; D002118:Calcium