S.V. MALTSEV

Kazan State Medical Academy — Branch Campus of the RMACPE MOH Russia

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Maltsev S.V. ― D. Med. Sc., Professor, Head of the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology of the Kazan State Medical Academy — Branch Campus of the RMACPE MOH Russia, 36 Butlerov Str., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012

The article presents contemporary views on the frequency and causes of rickets development in young children. Clinical, radiologic and laboratory signs of the disease, rachitis classification, as well as its basic forms ― calcium deficiency, phosphate deficiency and vitamin D deficiency are presented. The criteria for diagnosis and differential diagnosis are given. Special attention is paid to issues of nonspecific and specific prevention, as well as treatment.

Key words: children of early age, rickets, disorders of phosphorus-calcium metabolism, the role of vitamin D, prevention, treatment.

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