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The existence of nutritional deficiency rickets among infants in sunny Riyadh was confirmed radiologically. Most of the rachitic infants were breast-fed, some received unsupplemented infant feeding formulae, and all live in an environment that is devoid of sunlight. Their mean age at the time of onset was 10.5 months. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels were found to be low in mothers of the rachitic infants. This maternal deficiency as a factor in pathogenesis of rickets in the infant is discussed. Proposals are made to prevent the occurrence of rickets on this scale.
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Elidrissy, A.T.H., Sedrani, S.H. & Lawson, D.E.M. Vitamin D deficiency in mothers of rachitic infants. Calcif Tissue Int 36, 266–268 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02405328
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