Population-based register study of children born in Sweden from 1997 to 2014 showed an increase in rickets during infancy.

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2019)

Rickets increased 10-fold in Sweden from 1997 to 2014 and was mainly associated with prematurity, SGA and foreign-born mothers. Possible reasons may include increased preterm survival rates and improved clinical detection and registration.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
gestational age
preterm infants
preterm birth
young adults
loop mediated isothermal amplification
weight gain
free survival
weight loss
quantum dots