Svær D-vitamin-mangel hos børn født i Danmark af kvinder med mørk hud
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Rickets due to malnutrition is rare in Denmark. The Danish Board of Health recommend that: pregnant women are treated with a daily dose of vitamin D daily (10 micrograms); emigrants with coloured skin have their vitamin D level assessed during pregnancy; all children receive a daily dose of vitamin D (10 micrograms) until two years old. Despite of these recommendations two cases of severe nutritional rickets among children of emigrants were discovered upon hospital admission. The symptoms were heterogeneous: delayed walking skills and convulsions. We conclude that nutritional rickets is a tricky diagnosis, but is preventable.
Bidragets oversatte titel | [Severe vitamin D deficiency in children born in Denmark of dark-skinned women] |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Vol/bind | 173 |
Udgave nummer | 26 |
Sider (fra-til) | 1862-3 |
Antal sider | 2 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 2011 |
- Calcifediol, Denmark, Emigrants and Immigrants, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Pregnancy, Rickets, Skin Pigmentation, Vitamin D, Vitamin D Deficiency
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