Nutritional Rickets with Normal Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: A Call for Reexamining the Role of Dietary Calcium Intake in North American Infants
DeLucia MC, Mitnick ME, Carpenter TO. Nutritional Rickets with Normal Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: A Call for Reexamining the Role of Dietary Calcium Intake in North American Infants. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2003, 88: 3539-3545. PMID: 12915633, DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021935.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDietary calcium intakeNutritional ricketsCalcium intakeNorth American infantsAmerican infantsLow dietary calcium intakeOptimal dietary practicesVitamin D supplementationVitamin D deficiencyVitamin D therapyGreater New HavenD supplementationRachitic abnormalitiesD deficiencyD therapyDevelopment of diseaseVitamin DMean ageRepresentative case historiesBiochemical resolutionDietary practicesRicketsContributory roleMiddle Eastern descentInfants