Rickets

MeSH ID: D012279

DEFINITION: A condition caused by deficiency of VITAMIN D, especially in infancy and childhood, with disturbance of normal ossification. The disease is marked by bending and distortion of the bones under muscular action, by the formation of nodular enlargements on the ends and sides of the bones, by delayed closure of the fontanels, pain in the muscles, and sweating of the head. Vitamin D and sunlight together with an adequate diet are curative, provided that the parathyroid glands are functioning properly. (Dorland, 27th ed)

Related Concepts:

• Rickets [M0019095]
  Concept Semantic Types:
  • Injury or Poisoning [T037]
  • Disease or Syndrome [T047]
  Concept Terms:
  • Rickets [T036481]
• Rachitis [M0019096]
  Concept Semantic Types:
  • Disease or Syndrome [T047]
  Concept Terms:
  • Rachitides [T036482]

Qualifiers:

blood [Q000097] ; cerebrospinal fluid [Q000134] ; chemically induced [Q000139] ; classification [Q000145] ; complications [Q000150] ; congenital [Q000151] ; diagnosis [Q000175] ; diet therapy [Q000178] ; drug therapy [Q000188] ; economics [Q000191] ; embryology [Q000196] ; enzymology [Q000201] ; epidemiology [Q000453] ; ethnology [Q000208] ; etiology [Q000209] ; genetics [Q000235] ; history [Q000266] ; immunology [Q000276] ; metabolism [Q000378] ; microbiology [Q000382] ; mortality [Q000401] ; nursing [Q000451] ; parasitology [Q000469] ; pathology [Q000473] ; physiopathology [Q000503] ; prevention & control [Q000517] ; psychology [Q000523] ; radiography [Q000530] ; radionuclide imaging [Q000531] ; radiotherapy [Q000532] ; rehabilitation [Q000534] ; surgery [Q000601] ; therapy [Q000628] ; ultrasonography [Q000736] ; urine [Q000652] ; veterinary [Q000662] ; virology [Q000821]

Tree Structure:

• Diseases [C ]
  • Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05 , D009140]
    • Bone Diseases [C05.116 , D001847]
      • Bone Diseases, Metabolic [C05.116.198 , D001851]
        • Rickets [C05.116.198.816, D012279]
          • Renal Osteodystrophy [C05.116.198.816.750, D012080]
          • Hypophosphatemic Rickets, X-Linked Dominant [C05.116.198.816.500, D053098]

• Diseases [C ]
  • Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18 , D009750]
    • Metabolic Diseases [C18.452 , D008659]
      • Calcium Metabolism Disorders [C18.452.174 , D002128]
        • Rickets [C18.452.174.845, D012279]
          • Renal Osteodystrophy [C18.452.174.845.750, D012080]
          • Hypophosphatemic Rickets, X-Linked Dominant [C18.452.174.845.500, D053098]

• Diseases [C ]
  • Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18 , D009750]
    • Nutrition Disorders [C18.654 , D009748]
      • Malnutrition [C18.654.521 , D044342]
        • Deficiency Diseases [C18.654.521.500 , D003677]
          • Avitaminosis [C18.654.521.500.133 , D001361]
            • Vitamin D Deficiency [C18.654.521.500.133.770 , D014808]
              • Rickets [C18.654.521.500.133.770.734, D012279]
                • Renal Osteodystrophy [C18.654.521.500.133.770.734.750, D012080]
                • Hypophosphatemic Rickets, X-Linked Dominant [C18.654.521.500.133.770.734.500, D053098]

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