Is craniotabes a pathognomonic sign of rickets in 3-month-old infants?

Fifty-eight well Black infants between the ages of 10 and 15 weeks were examined for the presence of craniotabes and investigated for the presence of vitamin D deficiency and rickets.

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Veröffentlicht in:	South African medical journal 1984-04, Vol.65 (14), p.549-551
1. Verfasser:	Pettifor, J.M., Pentopoulos, M., Moodley, G.P., Isdale, J.M. & Ross, F.P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropometry Biochemistry Biological and medical sciences Bone Diseases, Developmental - complications Bone Diseases, Developmental - metabolism Craniotabes Diagnosis Feeding patterns Female Humans Infant Male Medical sciences Minerals - metabolism Nutrition Occipital Bone - pathology Paediatrics Parietal Bone - pathology Pathognomonic sign Prevention and actions Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Radiology Rickets Rickets - complications Rickets - diagnosis Sex Factors Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...) Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	Fifty-eight well Black infants between the ages of 10 and 15 weeks were examined for the presence of craniotabes and investigated for the presence of vitamin D deficiency and rickets.
ISSN:	0256-9574 0038-2469 2078-5135