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Spiral Fracture in Young Infant Causing a Diagnostic Dilemma: Nutritional Rickets versus Child Abuse

Fractures are uncommon in young, nonambulatory infants. The differential diagnosis includes nonaccidental injury (NAI) and metabolic bone disease, including rickets. While rickets typically present after six months of age, multiple cases have been reported in younger infants. We report a case of an...

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Autores principales: Kaushal, Sonia, Raisingani, Manish, David, Raphael, Shah, Bina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5625808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29057134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7213629