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rickets CHORUS

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Description: relative or absolute deficiency of vitamin D
* presents by 3-6 months, almost always <2 yrs
xray:
* loss of zone of provisional calcification
* wide physis (> 1 mm)(increased osteoid)
* cupping, fraying + irregularity of metaphyses
* bowing of long bones
* decreased bone density
* rachitic rosary
* periosteal reaction

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD
Institution: CHORUS
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Language: English

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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Mon Aug 03 2009