Renal rickets are bending of weight bearing long bones in
A
Infants
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Young children
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C
Adolescents
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D
Elderly persons
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Solution
The correct option is C Elderly persons Rickets is a condition especially due to deficiency of vitamin D which results in weak and soft bones in children. In Elderly patients, Rickets that occur due to chronic renal insufficiency is called Renal rickets. Renal rickets is bending of weight-bearing long bones in Elderly Persons. Bones become weak which results in bending of bone because excess calcium is lost through urine due to renal insufficiency.