Asian rickets and osteomalacia: patterns of parathyroid response in vitamin D deficiency

We have seen personally more than IOO cases of rickets and osteomalacia in Asian immigrant patients during the past 6-8 years and we are satisfied that they arise simply on a basis of vitamin D deficiency.The present report is concerned principally with a more detailed study of thirtysne patients, aged 11-54 years.Our patients have been adult women, often pregnant at the time of diagnosis, and adolescents of both sexes.Clinically affected men are rare and a limited