Rickets in children from 1 - 6 month old at Hai Phong Children Hospital in two years (2002 - 2003)
- Author:
Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Rickets
- MeSH:
Rickets;
Child;
Epidemiology
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2004;304(11):40-47
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study of 122 children were rickets from 1 - 6 month old at Hai Phong Children Hospital from 2002 to 2003. The results: the most of mothers were in shortage of knowledge in rickets. There were many risk factors: mothers keeping their child from sunlight after birth, mothers on diet for the first 3 months, solid food complement before 4 months. Frequent signs of rickets were crying all the time, perspiration, alopecia. Hypocalcemia was found in 80.33%
