rickets
Bone softening and weakening usually caused by deficiency or impaired metabolism of vitamin D. Deficiency of calcium, magnesium, or phosphorus may also cause rickets. It predominantly affects children who suffer from severe malnutrition. It manifests with bone pain, fractures, muscle weakness, and skeletal deformities.
MONDO:0000833
bone remodeling disease
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hypovitaminosis D
related
nutritional rickets
related
rachitis
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rickets
exact
rickets (disease)
exact
vitamin D deficiency disease
related
vitamin D hydroxylation-deficient rickets
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vitamin-D deficiency rickets
related
SPBC887.02 SPBC19C7.11