
Clinical and Radiologic Features of Rickets in Children
Specialty: | Nutrition Endocrinology Orthopedic Surgery |
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Description: | Rickets occurs in children, prior to closure of the growth plates. Failure to adequately mineralize the matrix of forming bone results in weakened bone, with bowing, deformity and fractures. |
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