10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RICKETS»
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rickets in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rickets and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
In this volume the latest research on vitamin D and rickets is presented from different perspectives such as the interesting historical overview to bone metabolism, molecular genetics of vitamin D and conclusions for disease prevention.
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Rickets: Including Osteomalacia and Tetany
This book includes an important history and bibliography on the subject of rickets.
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Lovell and Winter's Pediatric Orthopaedics
CLASSIFICATION OF RICKETS ACCORDING TO WHAT IS LACKING AT THE
OSTEOBLAST- BONE INTERFACE Calcium Nutritional rickets Vitamin D
deficiency (common) Isolated calcium deficiency (rare) Combined calcium
deficiency and ...
Wood W. Lovell, Robert B. Winter, Raymond T. Morrissy, 2006
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Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats
Dogs played a major role as experimental animals in elucidation of the nutritional
basis of endemic rickets in children, which was primarily a problem of inadequate
vitamin D. Mellanby ( 1921 ), in a summary of his studies on rickets (in which ...
Committee on Animal Nutrition, Subcommittee on Dog and Cat Nutrition, National Research Council, 2006
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Pediatric Endocrinology: Mechanisms, Manifestations, and ...
Rickets is a disease of growing bone with multiple causes (Fig. 41-1). This
chapter discusses rickets associated with nutritional deficiencies or
hypophosphatemia. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND FINDINGS Pathophysiology
Sufficient phosphorus ...
Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, Erica A. Eugster, 2004
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Principles and Practice of Endocrinology and Metabolism
(effect on calcium and vitamin D absorption) METABOLISM Defective synthesis of
25(OH)D; hepatocellular disease Defective synthesis of 1,25(OH),D; renal
parenchyma! disease; mutations of loc-hydroxylase (vitamin D-dependent rickets,
...
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Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease
HISTORY OF RICKETS Although historians state that rickets occurred in humans
as early as the second century, the disease was not considered a significant
health problem until the industrialization of northern Europe. In the seventeenth ...
Maurice Edward Shils, Moshe Shike, 2006
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Bone Diseases: Macroscopic, Histological, and Radiological ...
Rickets Rickets is characterized by defective calcification of the bony tissue in the
growing skeleton which leads to a disturbance of endochondral ossification. In
the preparatory calcification zone (Fig. 49) a great deal of uncalcified osteoid and
...
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Essentials of Orthopaedics for Physiotherapist
Essentials of Orthopaedics for Physiotherapists • Rickets • Renal osteodystrophy
• Vitamin D resistant rickets • Osteomalacia • Hyperparathyroidism • Osteoporosis
• Scurvy RICKETS DEFINITION If is a metabolic disease of childhood in which, ...
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Manual of Endocrinology and Metabolism
If no healing occurs, the rickets is probably resistant to vitamin D. Anticonvulsant-
induced rickets can be prevented by the daily administration of supplemental
doses (e.g., 400 to 2 000 IU) of vitamin D per day. The precise dose of vitamin D ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RICKETS»
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rickets is used in the context of the following news items.
Cumbria baby boy's injuries caused by rickets not violence
Despite a history of domestic violence at the couple's home, a judge said the boy probably had rickets and was injured falling from a sofa last year. Cumbria ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
NZ children found to have rickets
Rickets is caused by a Vitamin D deficiency and is a serious bone-growth disorder that can lead to skeletal deformity and seizures. An Otago University study ... «Radio New Zealand, Jun 15»
'Slip slop slap' gone too far: NZ Labour
The NZ government is taking advice on what steps are needed to control a resurgence of rickets, a crippling bone condition caused by prolonged vitamin D ... «SBS, Jun 15»
M&S adds Vitamin D to bread as cases of rickets double
“One of the ways of dealing with [a rise in rickets] is to encourage certain cultures to allow young people to be exposed in more sunlight, to encourage them out ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Doctors call for vitamin D supplements for under fours as rickets …
He told the Sunday Times: 'Nothing is free but the cost of the ill-effects of deficiency, such as rickets and anaemia from families not providing children with these ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
Is Myopia The New Rickets? Are Schools To Blame?
During the 17th century, rickets was common among children in England and ... that a lack of sunlight, resulting in vitamin D deficiency, was the cause of rickets. «Science 2.0, Mar 15»
Henry VIII's Mary Rose ship's crew were riddled with rickets, laser …
Rickets in adults is known as osteomalacia or soft bones, and the most common cause is a lack of vitamin D and calcium. This causes bones to deform, and legs ... «Daily Mail, Dec 14»
Shock rise in Birmingham rickets cases blamed on kids addicted to …
Birmingham has the country's worst rate of rickets – fuelled by the craze for video games and tablets. The disease, more commonly associated with 19th century ... «Birmingham Mail, Oct 14»
Poverty blamed for return of rickets and gout to UK
"Malnutrition, rickets and other manifestations of extreme poor diet are becoming apparent. (Practitioners) are reporting rickets anecdotally in Manchester, the ... «CNBC, Sep 14»
Study: Alaska Native Children At Higher Rates of Vitamin D …
With the risk of vitamin D deficiency and rickets increasing the farther north people live, Dr. Singleton urged parents and expectant mothers to talk to their doctors ... «Knom, May 14»
