Nutritional Rickets in Ghanaian Children

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dc.contributor.authorArthur, J.T.
dc.contributor.authorWelbeck, J.E.
dc.contributor.authorKuma, B.A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-30T09:03:25Z
dc.date.available2019-10-30T09:03:25Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.descriptionJournal Article on nutritional ricketsen_US
dc.description.abstractEighteen (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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ghanamedj.org/archives/GMJ%201993_94%20Vol%2027_28%20No%201/Nutritional%20rickets.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/33176
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGhana Medical Journalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries27-28;
dc.subjectDaily recommended allowance (DRA)en_US
dc.subjectnutritional ricketsen_US
dc.subjectKorle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH)en_US
dc.subjectVitamin Den_US
dc.titleNutritional Rickets in Ghanaian Childrenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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