title: [Severe rickets in puberty].
abstract: Two adolescent brothers of Palestinian origin are described. They had lived an extreme indoor life for years, had low vitamin D intake and hypocalcaemia. Despite longstanding disabling symptoms the diagnosis was delayed. It is emphasized that rickets should be considered in such patients.
authors: Paediatrisk afdeling, Kolding Sygehus.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Fenger-Grøn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018912:Arabs; D003718:Denmark; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011627:Puberty; D012279:Rickets / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology