Multiple fractures in a 3-month-old infant with severe infantile osteopetrosis

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 520-522

  Bodamer, O A F ^a,b   Bravermann, R M ^a   Craigen, W J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fracture; Osteopetrosis; Osteosclerosis

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; ILIUM; INFANT; OSTEOPETROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034773698     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2001.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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