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Rickets

Rickets causes soft, weak bones in children. It usually occurs when they do not get enough vitamin D, which helps growing bones absorb the minerals calcium and phosphorous. It can also happen when calcium or phosphorus levels are too low.

Your child might not get enough vitamin D if he or she:

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  1. Rickets (National Library of Medicine)  
    Rickets causes soft, weak bones in children. It usually occurs when they do not get enough vitamin ... such as celiac disease In addition to dietary rickets, children can get an inherited form of the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/rickets.html - Health Topics
  2. Vitamin D-dependent rickets 
    Vitamin D-dependent rickets is a disorder of bone development that leads to softening and weakening of the bones (rickets). There are several forms of the condition ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/vitamin-d-dependent-rickets - Genetics
  3. Hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets 
    Hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets is a disorder related to low levels of phosphate in the blood (hypophosphatemia). Phosphate is a mineral that is essential for ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../hereditary-hypophosphatemic-rickets - Genetics
  4. Rickets 
    Rickets is a disorder caused by a lack of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate. It leads to ... phosphorous in your diet can also lead to rickets. Rickets caused by a lack of these minerals ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000344.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Rickets (American Academy of Family Physicians)  
    Rickets/Learn More ... Rickets ... American Academy of Family Physicians
    https://familydoctor.org/condition/rickets/?adfree=true - External Health Links
  6. Rickets (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Rickets/Learn More ... Rickets ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20351943?p=1 - External Health Links
  7. ClinicalTrials.gov: Rickets, Hypophosphatemic From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Rickets/Clinical Trials ... Rickets
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...hosphatemic"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  8. ClinicalTrials.gov: Rickets From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Rickets/Clinical Trials ... Rickets
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...nd="Rickets"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  9. Rickets (Nemours Foundation)  
    Rickets/Learn More ... Rickets
    https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/rickets.html - External Health Links
  10. PHEX gene 
    ... cause the most common form of hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets, which is known as X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets. These mutations inactivate the PHEX enzyme, leaving it ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/phex - Genetics
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