Giampiero I Baroncelli, Pasquale Comberiati, Tommaso Aversa, Federico Baronio, Alessandra Cassio, Mariangela Chiarito, Mirna Cosci O di Coscio, Luisa De Sanctis, Natascia Di Iorgi, Maria Felicia Faienza, Danilo Fintini, Roberto Franceschi, Mila Kalapurackal, Silvia Longhi, Michela Mariani, Marco Pitea, Andrea Secco, Daniele Tessaris, Francesco Vierucci, Malgorzata Wasniewska, Giovanna Weber, Stefano Mora
Rickets results from impaired mineralization of growing bone due to alterations in calcium and phosphate homeostasis. Clinical signs of rickets are related to the age of the patient, the duration of the disease, and the underlying disorder. The most common signs of rickets are swelling of the wrists, knees or ankles, bowing of the legs (knock-knees, outward bowing, or both) and inability to walk. However, clinical features alone cannot differentiate between the various forms of rickets. Rickets includes a heterogeneous group of acquired and inherited diseases...
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