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Published on: January 29, 2018
Case report of nutritional rickets in an infant following a vegan diet
A Lemoine1, E Giabicani2, V Lockhart2
1Paediatric Nutrition and Gastroenterology Department, Trousseau Hospital-AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, 26, avenue du Dr Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 13-month-old infant who was referred to the pediatric emergency department because of psychomotor regression with four bone fractures due to nutritional rickets. The reason was prolonged breastfeeding from a vegetarian mother followed by a vegan diet for the infant after weaning. Rickets is one of the many nutritional deficiencies that could affect infants fed vegan or vegetarian diets. These diets are a public health concern requiring adapted information that suggests alternative formulas made from rice or soy proteins and adapted supplementation after weaning.
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