Rickets Due to Calcium Deficiency

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The importance of an adequate intake of calcium for normal skeletal growth and mineralization is well known. However, the dietary requirement for calcium is hard to define,1 2 3 4 5 6 and whether an inadequate intake causes osteoporosis or rickets has not been established.6 7 8 9 10 Maltz et al.11 described one child with rickets that they concluded was caused by a deficient intake of calcium, but biochemical confirmation of the adequacy of the vitamin D intake was lacking. That patient represents the only human case of calcium deficiency rickets cited in reviews on this subject.6 , 7 In the infant with severe rickets described below, who had received . . .