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Nutritional rickets presenting to secondary care in children (<16 years) -- A UK surveillance study

Julies Priscilla , Pall Karina , Lynn Richard , Calder Alistair , Mughal Zulf , Shaw Nicholas , McDonnell Ciara , McDevitt Helen , Blair Mitchell

Objectives: Rickets is a disease of growing children with potentially serious short and long-term complications. The United Kingdom (UK) national incidence of Nutritional Rickets(NR) is unknown and thought to be increasing. This study aims to describe the incidence, presentation and clinical management of children with NR in the UK and Republic of Ireland.Methods: Data is being collected prospectively monthly between March 2015 and March 2017 from 3500 p...