PEDIATRICS Vol. 113 No. 1 January 2004, pp. e70-e72


EXPERIENCE AND REASON

Secondary Prevention of Vitamin D-Deficiency Rickets
Reports of vitamin D-deficiency rickets and its associated morbidity continue
among inadequately supplemented, dark-skinned breastfed infants. Despite the
new vitamin D dietary guidelines, there remain significant numbers of
unsupplemented breastfed infants. Here we report a case of subclinical vitamin
D-deficiency rickets. This patient had biochemical and radiographic but not clinical
evidence for rickets. We propose a new step of screening high-risk infants for
subclinical rickets using wrist films paired with 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.

Jean T. Spence, MD and Janet R. Serwint, MD

From the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department
of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Kathleen Fallon Pasakarnis, M.Ed. IBCLC
Nurturing Family Lactation and Parenting Services

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