rachitis


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Related to rachitis: rickets, rachitic rosary
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Synonyms for rachitis

inflammation of the vertebral column

childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus

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Endocervicitis 0 1 0 Disease of Metabolism Rachitis 3 0 1 Beriberi 2 3 6 Diabetes Mellitus 1 0 0 Malnutrition 13 11 12 Colloid Goitre 1 1 0 Addison's Disease 0 1 0 Acute Infections Typhoid Fever 3 3 4 Paratyphoid 1 0 2 Acute Poliomyelitis 0 1 0 Measles 2 0 0 Tetanus 1 0 1 Chicken Pox 0 0 1 Acute Rheumatic Fever 0 0 1 Whooping Cough 3 0 0 Unclassified Conditions Abscesses or infection in various 0 1 2 parts of the body Lead Poisoning 0 1 0 For Diagnosis, No Pathology 0 1 1 Sterility, Diagnosisand Treatment 0 0 3 DEATHS AND CAUSES THEREOF 1931-1932 1.
"Rachitis and osteopenia in pediatric practice," Medical news [Medicinskie Novosti], in Russian, No.14.
tripartita are widely used in the treatment of catarrhal rhinitis, angina, acute respiratory infection, and as an anti-inflammatory in colitis, gout, and rachitis (Sokolov 2000).
* Skeletal deformities such as bowed legs, pigeon chest (forward projection of the breastbone), pectus excavatum (depressed sternum), rachitis rosary ("bumps" in the chest), asymmetric or odd-shaped skull, spine deformities such as kyphosis and scoliosis, and pelvic deformities.
Strontium has been associated with the development of rachitis (14) and more recently with the development of osteomalacia in both rats and humans (15,16).