STRONTIUM AND INFANTILE RICKETS IN EGYPT : A NEW LINK

Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency rickets is a common problem in Egypt in spite of adequate sun exposure. The need for vitamin D more than expected in some cases draw the attention for the possibility of concomitant partial vitamin D resistance or distribution of other factors. Strontium relation to bone and calcium metabolism was established in the last few years. Hence this study was conducted to evaluate the strontium status in rickets. The study included thirty rachitic patients attending the Out Patient Clinic of Suzan Mubarak Hospital, El Minia Governorate. They were 19 males and 11 females with ages varying from eight to twenty four months. These cases were divided into two groups: • First group (GJ: from El B urgaia village and included nine males and six females with there ages ranging from six to twenty four months • The second group (Gj: from Mansafees village and included ten males and five females with there ages ranging between eight and twenty three months. Ten normal children from each village were studied at the same time as control groups.