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Nutritional rickets has multiple presentations like skeletal deformities, tetany, hypocalcemic seizures, recurrent diarrhea, dental abnormalities, developmental delay and floppiness. Here a rare presentation of nutritional rickets is reported in five months old baby who had respiratory distress
This report concerns an 11-year-old boy who manifested hypophosphatemic rickets associated with congenital microvillous atrophy (CMA). He had been suffering from vomiting and severe diarrhea from the first day of life and had been treated with total parenteral nutrition (TPN) since he was 67 days
Vitamin D-dependent rickets type 2 in a four-month-old cat A 4-month-old male domestic shorthair cat was examined because of lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle tremors, and mydriasis. Laboratory evaluation revealed hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and high intact parathormone and calcitriol
BACKGROUND
Chronic diarrhea in adult patients due to various causes is very common in clinic, but patient suffering with mal-absorption due to immunoproliferative small intestinal disease was rarely reported in China.
UNASSIGNED
A 35-year-old female presented with more than three years history of
BACKGROUND
There is no local data about rickets available in Hazara Division, while clinical experience suggests that problem exists in this area with abundant sunlight. We carried out this study with an objective to determine presence, presentation and predisposing factors of rickets in pediatrics
Abetalipoproteinemia (ABL) is characterized by acanthocytosis, hypocholesterolemia, and steatorrhea. Here, we describe a case of ABL associated with rickets and dysmorphic findings and the subsequent therapeutic course in an 18-month-old male referred for evaluation for failure to thrive and chronic
Congenital Glucose Galactose malabsorption (CGGM) is a rare disorder with limited data from the Arab world. We report the first case of CGGM in Oman.B.S.A two years old female who presented with chronic osmotic diarrhea since birth with hypernatraemic dehydration. B.S was found to have Glucose
An infant with severe combined immunodeficiency is described in whom a refractory anemia and thrombocytopenia developed after the age of 6 months, associated with poor growth and frequent episodes of upper respiratory tract infections and diarrhea. He required frequent blood and platelet
Six infants with necrotizing enterocolitis were discharged after periods of prolonged hospitalization (two to nine months) with intact ileostomies. Their initial hospitalization was complicated by feeding difficulties, chronic diarrhea, sepsis, rickets, and developmental delay. All were
OBJECTIVE
To compare the frequencies and clinical features of diarrheal versus non-diarrheal presentation of celiac disease (CD).
METHODS
Cross-sectional study.
METHODS
Paediatric Department, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi, from January to December 2013.
METHODS
Children with celiac disease,
BACKGROUND
Biopsy of the small bowel is frequently obtained by endoscopic forceps instead of the classical suction capsule, yet reports from developing countries are scarce.
OBJECTIVE
to report our experience on the diagnostic value of this procedure in our community.
METHODS
A retrospective
It is widely appreciated that health food beverages are not appropriate for infants. Because of continued growth, children beyond infancy remain susceptible to nutritional disorders. We report on 2 cases of severe nutritional deficiency caused by consumption of health food beverages. In both cases,
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical features and mutations of the FAH gene.
METHODS
Clinical records of two cases were collected, and diagnosis was made according to the diagnostic criteria of the International Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood
Satoyoshi syndrome is a rare multisystemic disorder characterized by alopecia, diarrhea, muscle spasms, osseous abnormalities, and endocrinopathies. We report a case of Satoyoshi syndrome misdiagnosed as vitamin D-dependent rickets for several years.
The concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D was measured in serum of 90 healthy and 123 sick infants. The mean concentration of 25-OH-D in the group of healthy infants given intermittent prophylactic doses of vitamin D3 was 44.0 microgram/l and was nearly three times higher than the average