title: [Severe vitamin D deficiency in children born in Denmark of dark-skinned women].
abstract: Rickets due to malnutrition is rare in Denmark. The Danish Board of Health recommend that: pregnant women are treated with a daily dose of vitamin D daily (10 micrograms); emigrants with coloured skin have their vitamin D level assessed during pregnancy; all children receive a daily dose of vitamin D (10 micrograms) until two years old. Despite of these recommendations two cases of severe nutritional rickets among children of emigrants were discovered upon hospital admission. The symptoms were heterogeneous: delayed walking skills and convulsions. We conclude that nutritional rickets is a tricky diagnosis, but is preventable.
authors.affiliation: Børneafdelingen, Hvidovre Hospital, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark. jesperb5@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brok
authors.forename: Lene
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huusom
authors.forename: Dina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cortes
mesh_terms: D002112:Calcifediol / Q000097:blood; D003718:Denmark / Q000208:ethnology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012279:Rickets / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012880:Skin Pigmentation; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D; D002112:Calcifediol