Fischer P R, Rahman A, Cimma J P, Kyaw-Myint T O, Kabir A R, Talukder K, Hassan N, Manaster B J, Staab D B, Duxbury J M, Welch R M, Meisner C A, Haque S, Combs G F
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
J Trop Pediatr. 1999 Oct;45(5):291-3. doi: 10.1093/tropej/45.5.291.
To understand nutritional rickets in Bangladesh better, 14 rachitic and 13 'unaffected' children were evaluated. Seventy per cent of children with active rickets had no evidence of either vitamin D deficiency or familial rickets. Rickets in Bangladesh is probably related to calcium deficiency. Abnormalities in 'unaffected' children suggest that subclinical calcium insufficiency is common.
为了更好地了解孟加拉国的营养性佝偻病,对14名佝偻病患儿和13名“未受影响”的儿童进行了评估。70%的活动性佝偻病患儿没有维生素D缺乏或家族性佝偻病的证据。孟加拉国的佝偻病可能与钙缺乏有关。“未受影响”儿童的异常情况表明亚临床钙不足很常见。