Craniotabes, craniomalacia (Wieland) and active ricketts in infants

The symptom "craniotabes" means rickets only in few cases. Determinations of calcium, alkaline phosphatase, phosphorus and if possible 25-OH-vitamin D are necessary for confirmation of the rickets-diagnosis. As denotation for the not rickets-caused forms of craniotabes the definition posit...

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Published inKinderärztliche Praxis Vol. 58; no. 4; p. 179
Main Authors Otto, F M, Hesse, V
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.04.1990
Subjects
Bone Diseases, Metabolic - diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Minerals - blood
Rickets - diagnosis
Skull
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Summary:The symptom "craniotabes" means rickets only in few cases. Determinations of calcium, alkaline phosphatase, phosphorus and if possible 25-OH-vitamin D are necessary for confirmation of the rickets-diagnosis. As denotation for the not rickets-caused forms of craniotabes the definition positioning caused craniotabes is suggested.
ISSN:0023-1495