Ending Rickets: A Comprehensive Guide to Rickets provides a comprehensive review of the genesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of rickets, a condition impairing bone health arising from either vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate shortages. This book covers the historical perspective, epidemiology, and risk factors along with investigating genetic, nutritional, and renal variations of rickets.
Inspired by eminent physicians and medical researchers, this book details modern diagnostic techniques, laboratory and imaging tests, and public health campaigns against rickets all over. Covered are nutritional therapy, supplements, fortification programs, new therapeutic techniques including microbiome research and gene-targeted medications.
Designed for parents, researchers, public health authorities, and medical professionals, this book is a vital tool for understanding and then eliminating rickets as a global health concern.