Rickets: Part II

This is the continuation of a two-part review of rickets. This part emphasizes the specific pathophysiology, clinical features, pathoanatomy and radiographic findings of vitamin D deficiency rickets. Other forms of rickets, differential diagnostic considerations and the potential relationship betwee...

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Published in:Pediatric radiology 2013-01, Vol.43 (2), p.152-172
Main Authors: Shore, Richard M., Chesney, Russell W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Child, Preschool
Fractures, Spontaneous - diagnostic imaging
Fractures, Spontaneous - etiology
Humans
Imaging
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Minisymposium
Neuroradiology
Nuclear Medicine
Oncology
Pediatrics
Radiography
Radiology
Rickets - complications
Rickets - diagnostic imaging
Ultrasound
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Summary:This is the continuation of a two-part review of rickets. This part emphasizes the specific pathophysiology, clinical features, pathoanatomy and radiographic findings of vitamin D deficiency rickets. Other forms of rickets, differential diagnostic considerations and the potential relationship between low levels of vitamin D metabolites and unexplained fractures in infants are also discussed.
ISSN:0301-0449
1432-1998
DOI:10.1007/s00247-012-2536-6