Rickets
Diagnosis almost certain
Updates to Study Attributes
Findings
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X ray findings:
- bowing of leg bones noted bilaterally
- cupping and splaying of the metaphyseal ends of tibia
- widened physes
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Body
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Case of Rickets
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osteomalaciarickets is essentially osteomalacia in the paediatric population that occurs prior to fusion of the growth plate. - vitamin D deficiency because of various factors is
athe major cause of rickets
-<p>Case of Rickets</p><ul>-<li> osteomalacia in the paediatric population that occurs prior to fusion of the growth plate.</li>-<li>vitamin D deficiency because of various factors is a major cause of rickets</li>-</ul><p> </p>- +<ul>
- +<li>rickets is essentially osteomalacia in the paediatric population that occurs prior to fusion of the growth plate</li>
- +<li>vitamin D deficiency because of various factors is the major cause of rickets</li>
- +</ul>