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Rickets,
scientific nomenclature:
rachitis (from Gr**** ῥαχίτης rhakhítēs,
meaning 'in or of the spine'), is a
condition that
results in weak or soft bones...
- is an X-linked
dominant form of
rickets (or osteomalacia) that
differs from most
cases of
dietary deficiency rickets in that
vitamin D supplementation...
- 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...
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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...
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impairs bone mineralization,
leading to bone-softening diseases, such as
rickets in children. It can also
worsen osteomalacia and
osteoporosis in adults...
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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...
- John
Peter Ricketts (born
August 19, 1964) is an
American businessman and
politician serving as the
junior United States senator from
Nebraska since 2023...
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Thomas Ricketts (1901–1967) was a
Newfoundlander and
recipient of the
Victoria Cross.
Thomas Ricketts may also
refer to:
Thomas S.
Ricketts (born 1966)...
- 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...
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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...
