Case 2: Fractures in under-6-month-old exclusively breast-fed infants born to immigrant parents: nonaccidental injury? (case presentation). Diagnosis: Pathological fractures secondary to vitamin D deficiency rickets in under-6-months-old, exclusively breast-fed infants, born to immigrant parents

Acta Paediatr. 2008 Jul;97(7):836-7, 992-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00790.x.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Feeding / adverse effects*
  • Child Abuse / diagnosis
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Emigrants and Immigrants*
  • Female
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Radiography
  • Rickets / complications*
  • Rickets / diagnosis
  • United Kingdom
  • Vitamin D Deficiency / complications*
  • Vitamin D Deficiency / diagnosis