rickets
MONDO:0005520Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names rickets yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Bone softening and weakening usually caused by deficiency or impaired metabolism of vitamin D. Deficiency of calcium, magnesium, or phosphorus may also cause rickets. It predominantly affects children who suffer from severe malnutrition. It manifests with bone pain, fractures, muscle weakness, and skeletal deformities.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005520), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- Decreased circulating vitamin D concentrationMondoHP:0100512
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: rickets
- Also called
- rachitisrickets (disease)vitamin D hydroxylation-deficient rickets