Rickets
An x ray of the knees of a patient with rickets Rickets is a condition caused by a deficiency of VITAMIN D especially in infancy and childhood with disturbance of normal ossification The disease is marked by bending and distortion of the bones under muscular action by the formation of nodular enlargements on the ends and sides of the bones by delayed closure of the fontanels pain in the muscles and sweating of the head
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Keywords: 006987, bones, childhood, deficiency, femoral, femur, health, healthcare, infancy, knees, long, medical, medicine, musculoskeletal, ossification, rachitis, ray, rickets, vitamin, xray
