title: Nutritional rickets without vitamin D deficiency in Bangladesh.
abstract: To understand nutritional rickets in Bangladesh better, 14 rachitic and 13 'unaffected' children were evaluated. Seventy per cent of children with active rickets had no evidence of either vitamin D deficiency or familial rickets. Rickets in Bangladesh is probably related to calcium deficiency. Abnormalities in 'unaffected' children suggest that subclinical calcium insufficiency is common.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. fischer.phil@mayo.edu
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cimma
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Kyaw-Myint
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kabir
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Talukder
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Manaster
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Staab
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Duxbury
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Meisner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Combs
mesh_terms: D001459:Bangladesh; D002118:Calcium / Q000172:deficiency; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012279:Rickets / Q000209:etiology*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium