TY - JOUR T1 - Primary vitamin D deficiency in children JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 12 LP - 16 DO - 10.1136/dtb.2006.44212 VL - 44 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2006/02/01 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/44/2/12.abstract N2 - Relevant BNF section: C 9.6In recent years, the prevalence of vitamin D (calciferol) deficiency has increased and rickets has re-emerged in the UK and other developed countries as a public health problem.1–3 Infants, toddlers and adolescents in 'at risk' ethnic minorities (e.g. Asian, African Caribbean and Middle Eastern) are particularly likely to be vitamin D-deficient or to have rickets.1,4–6 Also at particular risk are babies and toddlers who have been exclusively breast-fed during infancy without receiving vitamin supplements,7 or whose mothers did not have vitamin D supplements during pregnancy.8 Here we discuss the management of children with primary vitamin D deficiency (i.e. that due to nutrient deficiency). ER -