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Which specialist should i see to treat rickets?
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Your pediatrician: Every pediatrician should feel comfortable to treat vitamin d deficient rickets (nutritional). Unusual forms of rickets, e.g., vitamin d dependent/resistant rickets, renal rickets, malabsorption-related rickets, are generally handled by "specialists.".
Answered 12/27/2018
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Peds endocrinologist: Pediatric endocrinologists are specialists trained to diagnose and treat rickets. Rickets is a metabolic bone disease seen exclusively in children.
Answered 8/2/2012
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