Nutritional Rickets in Ghanaian Children
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Date
1994
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Ghana Medical Journal
Abstract
Eighteen (18) Ghanaian children with nutritional
rickets seen in the Department of Child Health,
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) from 1985 -
1994 are reported. Their ages ranged from 14
months to 44 months, Their mean age al presentation
is 29.4 months, There were eight (8) boys and
ten (10) girls. None of these 18 children was receiving
tbc daily recommended allowance (DRA) of Vitamin
D.
They all had characteristic diagnostic X-ray findings
in their wrist, and ankle bones. The product of their
scrum calcium (Ci+) and serum inorganic phosphate
(Pi) that is (Ca2+ x Pi) was less than 30 in all
of them and all had markedly raised serum alkaline
phosphatase levels.
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Journal Article on nutritional rickets
Keywords
Daily recommended allowance (DRA), nutritional rickets, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Vitamin D