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Rickets: Part II

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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.

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Shore, R.M., Chesney, R.W. Rickets: Part II. Pediatr Radiol 43, 152–172 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-012-2536-6

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