Nutritional rickets in twins: a case report

D. Frasca; G. Morganti; S. Cherubini

doi:10.4081/pmc.2013.46

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Nutritional rickets in twins: a case report

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D. Frasca – articles in this journal Corresponding author Email U.O. Pediatria, A.O. Ospedale di Circolo di Busto Arsizio, Varese, Italy.
G. Morganti – articles in this journal U.O. Pediatria, A.O. Ospedale di Circolo di Busto Arsizio, Varese, Italy.
S. Cherubini – articles in this journal U.O. Pediatria, A.O. Ospedale di Circolo di Busto Arsizio, Varese, Italy.

Published: 30 June 2013
Issue: Vol. 35 No. 3 (2013)
Section: Articles
DOI: 10.4081/pmc.2013.46

Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency rickets in infants attributable to inadeguate vitamin D intake and decreased exposure to sunligh continue to be reported in the United States and other Western Countries. The American Academy of Pediatrics raccomend that all infants, children and adolescent have a minumin intake of 400 UI of vitamin D per day. We describe a case of deficiency-related rickets in two moroccan twins aged 10 months.

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Received: 18 November 2014
Accepted: 18 November 2014
Published: 30 June 2013

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Nutritional rickets in twins: a case report. (2013). La Pediatria Medica E Chirurgica, 35(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2013.46

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