Mineral Metabolism Research Unit

Publications

(Since 1997)
Daniels ED, Pettifor JM, Schnitzler CM, Moodley GP, Zachen D. Differences in mineral homeostasis, volumetric bone mass and femoral neck axis length in black and white South African women. Osteoporosis Int 1997; 7: 105-112.

Pettifor JM, Moodley GP. Appendicular bone mass in children with a high prevalence of low dietary calcium intakes. J Bone Miner Res 1997; 12:1824-1832.

Pettifor JM. Rickets in South African children. Pedmed 1997; 10:11-19.

Pettifor JM.Nutritional rickets - the role of vitamin D and dietary calcium deficiency in developing countries. In Norman AW, Bouillon R, Thomasset M (eds);Vitamin D; chemistry, biology and clinical applications of the steroid hormone; University of California, Riverside. pp 917-8. 1997

Schnitzler CM, Daniels ED, Mesquita JM, Moodley GP, Zachen D, Cakic J, Pettifor JM.
Bone disease in African children with slipped capital epiphysis: Histomorphometry of iliac crest biopsies. Bone 1998: 22; 259-65

Pettifor JM, Daniels ED Vitamin D deficiency and nutritional rickets in children (chapter 42); In: Feldman D, Glorieux FH, Pike JW (eds). Vitamin D. Academic Press, San Diego.1997; 663-678

Schnitzler CM, Daniels ED, Mesquita JM, Moodley GP, Zachen D, Cakic J, Pettifor JM. Bone disease in African children with slipped capital femoral epiphysis: Histomorphometry of iliac crest biopsies. Bone 1998; 22: 259-265

Schnitzler CM, Mesquita JM. Bone marrow composition and bone microarchitecture and turnover in blacks and whites. J Bone Miner Res 1998; 13: 1300-1307

Rothberg AD, Pettifor JM. Public health programmes, packages and processes. (Editorial)
S Afr Med J 1998: 88; 1567-8

Pfitzner MA, Thacher TD, Pettifor JM, Zoakah AI, Lawson JO, Isichei CO, Fischer PR. Absence of vitamin D deficiency in young Nigerian children J Pediatr 1998:133; 740-4

Pettifor JM. Rickets and Metabolic Bone Disease. (Chapter 12) IN: Paediatrics & Child Health: a handbook for health professionals in the Third Word. 4th Edition. Ed. Coovadia HM, Wittenberg DF. Oxford University Press. Cape Town. 1998; 215-228

Pettifor JM Calcium deficiency and impaired bone mass acquisition. In: Bonjour JP, Tsang R (eds). Nutrition and Bone Development. Nestle Workshop Series Vol 41. Lippincott-Raven, New York. 1999; 199-208

Zwi K, Pettifor JM, Soderlund N. Paediatric hospital admissions at a South African urban regional hospital: the impact of HIV, 1992-1997. Ann Trop Paediatr 1999: 19; 135-142

Thacher TD, Fischer PR, Pettifor JM, Lawson JO, Isichei CO, Reading JC, Chan GM.
A comparison of calcium, vitamin D, or both for nutritional rickets in Nigerian children
N Eng J Med 1999; 341: 563-568

Madhi SA, Gray GE, Huebner RE, Sherman G, McKinnon D, Pettifor JM.
Correlation between CD4+ lymphocyte counts, concurrent antigen skin test and tuberculin skin test reactivity in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected and -uninfected children with tuberculosis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999: 18; 800-5

Michelow IC, Nicol M, Tiemessen C, Chezzi C, Pettifor JM. Value of cerebrospinal fluid leukocyte aggregation in distinguishing the causes of meningitis in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2000; 19: 66-72

Norris SA, Pettifor JM, Gray DA, Biscardi A, Buffenstein R. Validation and application of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to measure bone mineral density in rabbit vertebrae. J Clin Densitometry 2000: 3; 49-55

Thacher TD, Fischer PR, Pettifor JM, Lawson JO, Isichei CO, Chan GM. Case-control study of factors associated with nutritional rickets in Nigerian children J Pediatr 2000; 137: 367-73

Thacher TD, Fischer PR, Pettifor JM, Lawson JO, Manaster BJ, Reading JC. Radiographic scoring method for the assessment of the severity of nutritional rickets. J Trop Pediatr 2000; 46: 132-9

Pfitzner MA, Thacher TD, Pettifor JM, Zoakah AI, Lawson JO, Fischer PR. Prevalence of elevated blood lead in young Nigerian children Ambulatory Child Health 2000; 6: 115-123

Simmank KC, Pettifor JM. Late presentation of early congenital syphilis Ann Trop Pediatr 2000;20:105-107

Daniels DD, Pettifor JM, Moodley GP. Serum osteocalcin has limited usefulness as a diagnostic marker for rickets Eur J Pediatr 2000; 159: 730-3

Norris SA, Pettifor JM. A review: factors influencing bone mass acquisition in children. New Birth to Ten research initiative investigating such factors in black and white urban children in South Africa. S Afr J Epidemiol Infect 2000; 15: 113-7

Norris SA, Pettifor JM, Buffenstein R. Pregnancy and lactation induced changes in energy and mineral metabolism in the New Zealand White rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Animal Technology 2000; 51: 75-89

Meyers TM, Pettifor JM, Gray GE, Crewe-Brown H, Galpin JS. Pediatric admissions with human immunodeficiency virus infection at a regional hospital in Soweto, South Africa J Trop Paediatr 2000; 46: 224-230

Fisher PR, Thacher TD, Pettifor JM, Jorde LB, Eccleshall TR, Feldman D. Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and nutritional rickets in Nigerian children. J Bone Min Res 2000; 15: 2206-10

Zwi K, Pettifor JM, Soderlund N, Meyers T. HIV infection and in-hospital mortality at an academic hospital in South Africa. Arch Dis Child 2000; 83: 227-230

Pettifor JM. Chronic glucocorticoid therapy and osteoporosis - an under-recognised problem in South Africa. (Editorial) S Afr Med J 2000; 90: 1111-1112

Norris SA, Pettifor JM, Gray DA, Buffenstein R. Calcium metabolism and bone mass in female rabbits during skeletal maturation: effects of dietary calcium intake. Bone (accepted 2001)