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Rickets

Nutritional diseases of llamas and alpacas. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2009 Nov;25(3):797–810, Table of Contents.
Vitamin D deficiency rickets. What about prevention? An Pediatr (Barc). 2009 Oct;71(4):374–5.
Hypophosphatemia induced by intravenous administration of saccharated ferric oxide: another form of FGF23-related hypophosphatemia. Bone. 2009 Oct;45(4):814–6.
Hereditary vitamin D resistant rickets: identification of a novel splice site mutation in the vitamin D receptor gene and successful treatment with oral calcium therapy. Bone. 2009 Oct;45(4):743–6.
The Journey From Vitamin D-Resistant Rickets to the Regulation of Renal Phosphate Transport. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Oct 1.
Doing the month: rickets and post-partum convalescence in rural China. Midwifery. 2009 Oct;25(5):588–96.
Hereditary 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-resistant rickets with alopecia resulting from a novel missense mutation in the DNA-binding domain of the vitamin D receptor. Mol Genet Metab. 2009 Sep 13.
Fat soluble vitamins for maintaining bone health. Clin Calcium. 2009 Sep;19(9):1354–60.
Predisposition to vitamin D deficiency osteomalacia and rickets in females is linked to their 25(OH)D and calcium intake rather than vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 Sep;71(3):334–40.
The effect of vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 on intestinal calcium absorption in Nigerian children with rickets. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Sep;94(9):3314–21.
Vitamin D: In the evolution of human skin colour. Med Hypotheses. 2009 Aug 28.
Benefits of molecular pathology in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal disease : Part II of a two-part review: bone tumors and metabolic disorders. Skeletal Radiol. 2009 Aug 11.
Oral calcium supplementation reverses the biochemical pattern of parathyroid hormone resistance in underprivileged Indian toddlers. Arch Dis Child. 2009 Aug 9.
Nutritional rickets in Denmark: a retrospective review of children's medical records from 1985 to 2005. Eur J Pediatr. 2009 Aug;168(8):941–9.
Hypocalcemic rickets and dilated cardiomyopathy: case reports and review of literature. Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 Aug;30(6):818–23.
Vitamin D deficiency rickets and allegations of non-accidental injury. Acta Paediatr. 2009 Jul 1.
Ganglioneuroblastoma-associated vitamin D deficiency rickets. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009 Jul;31(7):502–4.
Hypophosphatasia may lead to bone fragility: don't miss it. Eur J Pediatr. 2009 Jul;168(7):783–8.
Craniofacial morphology in patients with hypophosphataemic vitamin-D-resistant rickets: a cephalometric study. J Oral Rehabil. 2009 Jul;36(7):483–90.
Clinical Responses to a Mega-dose of Vitamin D3 in Infants and Toddlers With Vitamin D Deficiency Rickets. J Trop Pediatr. 2009 Jun 8.
Therapeutic Effects of Anti-FGF23 Antibodies in Hypophosphatemic Rickets/Osteomalacia. J Bone Miner Res. 2009 May 6.
Vitamin D deficiency and supplementation during pregnancy. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 May;70(5):685–90.
Vitamin D requirements in the first year of life. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2009 May;12(3):287–92. Review.
Surgical treatment of multiple spinal canal stenoses associated with vitamin D-resistant rickets. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 May;16(5):717–9.
Rickets in Lion Cubs at the London Zoo in 1889: Some New Insights. Pediatrics. 2009 Apr 6.
Intestinal vitamin D receptor is required for normal calcium and bone metabolism in mice. Gastroenterology. 2009 Apr;136(4):1317–27, e1–2.
Surgical treatment of multiple spinal canal stenoses associated with vitamin D-resistant rickets. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Mar 3.
Incidence and prevalence of nutritional and hereditary rickets in southern Denmark. Eur J Endocrinol. 2009 Mar;160(3):491–7.
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency rickets in the eastern part of Turkey. Eur J Pediatr. 2009 Jan;168(1):95–100.
Dentin noncollagenous matrix proteins in familial hypophosphatemic rickets. Cells Tissues Organs. 2009;189(1–4):219–23.
Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Primary Cesarean Section. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Dec 23.
A case of X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets: complications and the therapeutic use of cinacalcet. Eur J Endocrinol. 2008 Dec;159 Suppl 1:S101–5.
Prevention of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2008 Nov;122(5):1142–52.
Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in young children undergoing placement of tympanostomy tubes. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2008 Oct;117(10):740–4.
Vitamin D Receptor Genotype in Hypophosphatemic Rickets as a Predictor of Growth and Response to Treatment. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Sep 30.
Pediatric vitamin D and calcium nutrition in developing countries. Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2008 Sep;9(3):181–92. Review.
Vitamin D in pregnancy and lactation: maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes from human and animal studies. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;88(2):520S–528S. Review.
25-Hydroxyvitamin D: functional outcomes in infants and young children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;88(2):529S–533S. Review.
Prevalence & potential significance of vitamin D deficiency in Asian Indians. Indian J Med Res. 2008 Mar;127(3):229–38. Review.
Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Oct 17;(4):CD006164. Review.
Maternal vitamin D deficiency associated with neonatal hypocalcaemic convulsions. Nutr J. 2007 Sep 19;6(1):23.
Effectiveness and safety of vitamin D in relation to bone health. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2007 Aug;(158):1–235. Review.
Vitamin D-deficiency rickets among children in Canada. CMAJ. 2007 Jul 17;177(2):161–6.
Asymptomatic rickets in adolescent girls. Indian J Pediatr. 2007 Jun;74(6):571–5.
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency rickets in adolescent school girls in Western region, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J. 2007 Mar;28(3):441–4.
Vitamin D for health and in chronic kidney disease. Semin Dial. 2005 Jul–Aug;18(4):266–75. Review.
Nutritional rickets among children in the United States: review of cases reported between 1986 and 2003. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Dec;80(6 Suppl):1697S–705S. Review.
Varying role of vitamin D deficiency in the etiology of rickets in young children vs. adolescents in northern India. J Trop Pediatr. 2003 Aug;49(4):201–6.
Rescue of the pseudo-vitamin D deficiency rickets phenotype of CYP27B1-deficient mice by treatment with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3: biochemical, histomorphometric, and biomechanical analyses. J Bone Miner Res. 2003 Apr;18(4):637–43.
Targeted ablation of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D 1alpha -hydroxylase enzyme: evidence for skeletal, reproductive, and immune dysfunction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Jun 19;98(13):7498–503.
Cytochrome P450 enzymes in the bioactivation of vitamin D to its hormonal form (review). Int J Mol Med. 2001 Feb;7(2):201–9. Review.
25-hydroxyvitamin D 1alpha-hydroxylase: structure of the mouse gene, chromosomal assignment, and developmental expression. J Bone Miner Res. 2001 Jan;16(1):46–56.
Human 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1alpha-hydroxylase: cloning, mutations, and gene expression. Pediatr Nephrol. 2000 Jul;14(7):620–5. Review.
Genetic mutation in the human 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 1alpha-hydroxylase gene causes vitamin D-dependent rickets type I. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 1999 Oct 25;156(1–2):7–12. Review.
Genetic causes of rickets. Curr Opin Pediatr. 1999 Aug;11(4):333–9. Review.
The renal function of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1alpha-hydroxylase. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 1999 May 25;151(1–2):213–20. Review.
Novel mutations in the 1alpha-hydroxylase (P450c1) gene in three families with pseudovitamin D-deficiency rickets resulting in loss of functional enzyme activity in blood-derived macrophages. J Bone Miner Res. 1999 May;14(5):730–9.
In vivo function of VDR in gene expression-VDR knock-out mice. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 1999 Apr–Jun;69(1–6):247–51. Review.
Disease caused by lack of sunlight: rickets and osteomalacia. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1999 Mar 20;143(12):593–7. Review in Dutch.
Genetics of vitamin D 1alpha-hydroxylase deficiency in 17 families. Am J Hum Genet. 1998 Dec;63(6):1694–702.
Two novel 1alpha-hydroxylase mutations in French-Canadians with vitamin D dependency rickets type I1. Kidney Int. 1998 Nov;54(5):1437–43.
Molecular cloning of (25-OH D)-1 alpha-hydroxylase: an approach to the understanding of vitamin D pseudo-deficiency. Recent Prog Horm Res. 1998;53:341–9; discussion 350.
Complete structure of the human gene for the vitamin D 1alpha-hydroxylase, P450c1alpha. DNA Cell Biol. 1997 Dec;16(12):1499–507.
The 25-hydroxyvitamin D 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene maps to the pseudovitamin D-deficiency rickets (PDDR) disease locus. J Bone Miner Res. 1997 Oct;12(10):1552–9.
The vitamin D hormone and its nuclear receptor: molecular actions and disease states. J Endocrinol. 1997 Sep;154 Suppl:S57–73. Review.
Metabolic bone disease in black teenagers with genu valgum or varum without radiologic rickets: a bone histomorphometric study. J Bone Miner Res. 1994 Apr;9(4):479–86.
Effect of single oral phosphate loading on vitamin D metabolites in normal subjects and in X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets. Bone Miner. 1989 Sep;7(2):159–69.
Prevention of rickets in premature infants and in children with various chronic disease. Pol Tyg Lek. 1988 Nov 28;43(48):1565–8. Review.
Effects of 1 alpha,25- and 24R,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on aluminum-induced rickets in growing uremic rats. J Bone Miner Res. 1987 Dec;2(6):533–45.
Rickets in cerebral palsied children: a report of two cases. J Pediatr Orthop. 1986 Nov–Dec;6(6):717–20.
Coeliac disease presenting as vitamin D deficiency rickets in a vegetarian child. Acta Paediatr Scand. 1985 Nov;74(6):972–3.
Deficiency rickets in an adolescent girl. Arch Fr Pediatr. 1985 Jun–Jul;42(6):443–5.
Impaired phosphorus conservation and 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D generation during phosphorus deprivation in familial hypophosphatemic rickets. J Clin Invest. 1983 Jun;71(6):1562–9.
Parathyroid hormone effects on serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels in patients with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets: evidence for abnormal 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1-hydroxylase activity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1982 Mar;54(3):638–44.
Factors causing rickets in institutionalised handicapped children on anticonvulsant therapy. Arch Dis Child. 1981 Jun;56(6):446–9.
Observations on the vitamin D state of pregnant Asian women in London. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1981 Jan;88(1):18–26.
Rickets in adult cystic fibrosis with myopathy, pancreatic insufficiency and proximal renal tubular dysfunction. Am J Med. 1977 Sep;63(3):488–92.
Advances in vitamin D metabolism as they pertain to chronic renal disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 1976 Nov;29(11):1283–99.
Studies of vitamin D deficiency in man. Q J Med. 1975 Oct;44(176):575–89.
Epidemiological and dietary aspects of rickets and osteomalacia. Proc Nutr Soc. 1975 Sep;34(2):131–8. Review.
Vitamin D-dependency rickets in institutionalized, mentally retarded children on long term anticonvulsant therapy. II. The response to 25-hydroxycholecalciferol and to vitamin D2. Pediatr Res. 1973 Nov;7(11):914–22.
Pathogenesis of hereditary vitamin-D-dependent rickets. An inborn error of vitamin D metabolism involving defective conversion of 25-hydroxyvitamin D to 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. N Engl J Med. 1973 Oct 18;289(16):817–22.
So-called rickets-like diseases in children. Pediatriia. 1973 Jul;52(7):83–8. Review.
Occult rickets and osteomalacia amongst the Asian immigrant population. Q J Med. 1973 Jan;42(165):125–49.
Rickets and osteomalacia of various origins. Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1971 May;7(6):79–85.
Phagocytosis in vitamin D deficient rickets. Klin Wochenschr. 1970 Mar 15;48(6):383–4.
The immuno-reactive condition of children suffering from rickets. Pediatr Akus Ginekol. 1967;6:26–7.

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