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Renal rickets are bending of weight bearing long bones in

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Infants
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Young children
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Adolescents
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Elderly persons
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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.
So, the correct answer is 'Elderly persons'.

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