Journal article
The aetiology of rickets-like lower limb deformities in Malawian children
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Summary: Debilitating rickets-like lower limb deformities are common in children throughout the world, particularly in Malawi, Africa where the causes are unknown. We have identified that Blount disease and calcium deficiency rickets are the likely causes of these deformities and propose calcium supplementation as a potential treatment of Malawian rickets. Introduction: Surgical correction of rickets-like lower limb deformities is the most common paediatric operation performed at Beit Cure Or...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1007/s00198-016-3541-7
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- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Osteoporosis International Journal website
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 7
- Pages:
- 2367–2372
- Publication date:
- 2016-04-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-02-08
- DOI:
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1433-2965
- ISSN:
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0937-941X
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pubs:620625
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- pubs:620625
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620625
- Deposit date:
- 2016-05-24
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- Copyright holder:
- Vickie Braithwaite et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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- This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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