Rickets

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	Bone Scan: Using Nuclear Medicine to Look for Bone Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00020




2.	Vitamin D Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/vitamin_d/test.html

Nutrition

1.	Vitamin D National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamind.asp




2.	Vitamin D Deficiency Clinical Report: Patient FAQs American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/family/vitdpatients.htm

Organizations

1.	National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary S http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/




2.	American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/

Overviews

1.	Rickets Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00220

Related Issues

1.	Are There Beneficial Effects of UV Radiation? World Health Organization http://www.who.int/uv/faq/uvhealtfac/en/index1.html

Research

1.	Infants Need Vitamin D Supplementation American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ5D8PFKED&sub_...




2.	Low Dietary Calcium May Be a Major Cause of Nutrit Endocrine Society http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZGW3GB4KD&sub_...

Specific Conditions

1.	Common Childhood Orthopedic Conditions Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/bones/common_ortho.html




2.	Hypophosphatemic Rickets Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec11/ch146/ch146g.html