Article
Osteopetrorickets: case report.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Aug 2000
Di Rocco M, Buoncompagni A, Loy A, Dellacqua A
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: We report the case of a baby girl who presented with rickets at 3 months. At the age of 5 months she was readmitted because of nystagmus and a diagnosis of osteopetrosis was made on the basis of clinical and radiological findings. Rickets is a paradoxical feature of osteopetrosis resulting from inability to maintain a normal calcium-phosphorus balance. In our patient the onset of rickets before other...
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