title: Vitamin D deficiency rickets at birth in Kuwait.
abstract: In the present study vitamin D deficiency rickets has been diagnosed within 24 hrs. of birth. Seventy five full term, otherwise healthy newborns, weighing more than 2.5 kg were born with rachitic rosary. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D was lower than normal in 56 newborns and 15 mothers. Alkaline phosphatase was higher than normal in 26 and radiological changes suggestive of rickets were seen in the wrist X ray of only 14 newborns. Hyperphosphataemia was present in all the newborns. 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D was markedly increased in six out of ten newborns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Ramavat
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012279:Rickets / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase