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Chapter-47 Metabolic Bone Disease in Children: A Clinical Approach

BOOK TITLE: Principles and Practice of Pediatric Nephrology

Author
1. Thangavelu S
2. Vijayakumar M
3. Nammalwar BR
ISBN
9788180613043
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11074_47
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2004
Pages
7
Author Affiliations
1. Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Madras Medical College and Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Egmore, Chennai, Mehta Multispeciality Hospitals India Pvt Ltd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, Madras Medical College; Mehta Multispeciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Mehta Multispeciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Mehta's Multispeciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Mehta Multispecialty Hospital, Mehta Children Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Mehta Children’s Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Dr Mehta’s Children’s Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Dr Mehta’s Children’s Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Mehta Children’s Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, King Fahad Medical College, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2. Government Medical College, Manjeri, Kerala, India, Pediatric Kidney Foundation, Chennai, Dr Mehta’s Hospitals Pvt Ltd., Chennai, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India, Mehta Children’s Hospital, Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerela, India, Chennai Pediatric Kidney Foundation, Dr Mehta’s Hospitals Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, Mehta Children’s Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Mehta’s Children Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Mehta Children’s Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Dr. Mehta’s Hospital; Chennai Pediatric Kidney Foundation, Chennai, India, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226 001, India, Medical College, Alappey, Kerala, Manipal Institute of Nephrology and Urology, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Kanchi Kamakoti, Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai
3. Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS, Trust Hospital, Chennai, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, India, Institute of Child Health, Hospital for Children; Mehta Children Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Mehta Children’s Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, Mehta's Multispeciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Institute of Child Health, Hospital for Children and Dr Mehta’s Children’s Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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Abstract

Disorders that affect the bone and the process of bone mineralization are called as metabolic bone diseases and include rickets, renal osteodystrophy, osteomalacia and osteoporosis. Rickets is caused by defective mineralization of growing bones resulting in bony deformities. Renal osteodystrophy designates alteration in skeletal growth and remodeling occurs in children with chronic renal disease because of alteration in bone and mineral metabolism. Osteomalacia is due to defective minerilization of adult bone after epiphyseal fusion. Common age group of vitamin D deficiency rickets is between 6 to 18 months, the period of greatest velocity of growth. Children with rickets due to non-nutritional causes, present beyond this age group. Most of the children seek advice for delayed motor development, bony deformities and for features of primary disease.

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