Rickets, scientific nomenclature: rachitis (from Greek ῥαχίτης rhakhítēs, meaning 'in or of the spine'), is a condition that results in weak or soft bones...

was due to an effort to identify the dietary deficiency in children with rickets. Adolf Windaus received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928 for his work...

is an X-linked dominant form of rickets (or osteomalacia) that differs from most cases of dietary deficiency rickets in that vitamin D supplementation...

bones (fibula and tibia) is involved. If a child is sickly, either with rickets or any other ailment that prevents ossification of the bones or is improperly...

impairs bone mineralization, leading to bone-softening diseases, such as rickets in children. It can also worsen osteomalacia and osteoporosis in adults...

worsen with age, particularly when it is the result of a disease, such as rickets. Idiopathic genu valgum is a form that is either congenital or has no known...

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After it was shown, in 1920, that vitamin D deficiency was the cause of rickets, cod liver oil was given as a rich source of vitamin D. Cod liver oil has...

USS Biddle/Claude V. Ricketts (DD-995/DDG-5), was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She was the third US Naval...

Thomas Ricketts (1901–1967) was a Newfoundlander and recipient of the Victoria Cross. Thomas Ricketts may also refer to: Thomas S. Ricketts (born 1966)...

and directed by Micheal K. Raja. The film stars Vimal, Karunas, and Mery Rickets in lead roles. Kumar, a mortuary van driver, is tasked with transporting...

1097/00005792-194305000-00002. Lucas RC (1833). "Form of late rickets associated with albuminuria, rickets of adolescents". The Lancet. 1 (3119): 993–994. doi:10...

its increased activity, resulting in autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets. Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is a protein which in humans is encoded...

hypophosphatemic rickets (ADHR) is a rare hereditary disease in which excessive loss of phosphate in the urine leads to poorly formed bones (rickets), bone pain...

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The prominent knobs of bone at the costochondral joints of rickets patients are known as a rachitic rosary or beading of the ribs. The knobs create the...

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and smallpox, any one of which was then potentially fatal. He also had rickets, which left him unable to walk unaided until he was four and required him...

causes inadequate bone mineralization. Osteomalacia in children is known as rickets, and because of this, use of the term "osteomalacia" is often restricted...

biochemist and nutritionist who discovered vitamin D and its role in preventing rickets in 1919. Mellanby was born in West Hartlepool, the son of a shipyard owner...

consequence of vitamin D deficiency, they are at a higher risk of developing rickets, numerous types of cancers, and possibly cardiovascular disease and low...

(as well as Swarthmore), ostensibly to gauge the rate and severity of rickets, scoliosis, and lordosis in the population. The photos are simple black-and-white...

demineralization. Demineralization can lead to serious diseases such as osteoporosis, rickets, or tooth decay. Usually, treatment involves administration of appropriate...

and absorbs phosphate. Also named as X-linked dominant hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH), this disease is caused by a mutation in the X-linked PHEX (phosphate...

herbal medicine store. Johnny is prevented from killing Tak when Anna (Anne Rickets) comes to save him. During his recovery he stays in Anna's camper van....

for demonstrating the roles of sunlight and cod liver oil in preventing rickets. She was born in London, England as the fifth child of seven daughters...

was a housewife. Pilates was a sickly child. He suffered from asthma, rickets, and rheumatic fever, and he dedicated his entire life to improving his...

"vitamines") as critical in fighting significant diseases such as pellagra and rickets, and his analysis influenced a major shift in scientific thinking. His...

associated with a deficiency of collagen, type X, alpha 1. Unlike other "rickets syndromes", affected individuals have normal serum calcium, phosphorus...

a variety of pediatric orthopedic disorders such as Blount's disease, rickets, arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and osteochondrodysplasias among others...