| dc.contributor.author | Neumann, CG | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bwibo, NO | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nyawade, S | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-24T05:57:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-07-24T05:57:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | East African Medical Journal.Vol 90, No 3 (2013) | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/50314 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Clinical rickets has not been reported previously in Embu district, Kenya. Baseline clinical assessments performed for a nutrition intervention study in preschool children (n=324) identified 28 cases of rickets (8.6% of study sample). Clinical characteristics included: delays of sitting, walking, and teething; bone and chest deformities; widened wrists and ankles; and bowed lower extremities. Risk factors identified were short duration of breastfeeding with feeding of cereal-based supplements with little or no milk, low calcium intake, limited sunlight exposure. Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies likely contributed to these cases. Treatment with Vitamin D3 and milk resulted in
clinical improvement. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Rickets in Rural Kenyan Preschoolers: Case report | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi | en |
