Secondary osteoporosis. Abnormal bone metabolism in rickets/osteomalacia
Fukumoto, S.
Clinical Calcium 28(12): 1605-1609
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 0917-5857 PMID: 30487324 Document Number: 697507
Rickets and osteomalacia are diseases characterized by impaired mineralization of bone matrix. The same causes can result in rickets and osteomalacia. Of these, rickets develops before the closure of growth plates and presents bone deformities and growth retardation. Diagnostic criteria for rickets and osteomalacia have been published in Japan.