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- Postgraduate Paediatric Orthopaedics
- Postgraduate Paediatric Orthopaedics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Interactive Website www.postgraduateorthopaedics.com
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 General Introduction
- Section 2 Regional Paediatric Orthopaedics
- Section 3 Core Paediatric Orthopaedics
- Chapter 18a Neuromuscular Conditions/Lower Limbs
- Chapter 18b Neuromuscular Conditions/Upper Limbs
- Chapter 18c Gait Analysis and Orthoses
- Chapter 19 Musculoskeletal Infection
- Chapter 20 Musculoskeletal Tumours
- Chapter 21 Skeletal Dysplasia
- Chapter 22 Metabolic Bone Disease
- Chapter 23 Deformity Correction
- Chapter 24 Orthopaedic-Related Syndromes
- Chapter 25 Miscellaneous Paediatric Orthopaedic Conditions
- Index
- References
Chapter 22 - Metabolic Bone Disease
from Section 3 - Core Paediatric Orthopaedics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 January 2024
- Postgraduate Paediatric Orthopaedics
- Postgraduate Paediatric Orthopaedics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Interactive Website www.postgraduateorthopaedics.com
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 General Introduction
- Section 2 Regional Paediatric Orthopaedics
- Section 3 Core Paediatric Orthopaedics
- Chapter 18a Neuromuscular Conditions/Lower Limbs
- Chapter 18b Neuromuscular Conditions/Upper Limbs
- Chapter 18c Gait Analysis and Orthoses
- Chapter 19 Musculoskeletal Infection
- Chapter 20 Musculoskeletal Tumours
- Chapter 21 Skeletal Dysplasia
- Chapter 22 Metabolic Bone Disease
- Chapter 23 Deformity Correction
- Chapter 24 Orthopaedic-Related Syndromes
- Chapter 25 Miscellaneous Paediatric Orthopaedic Conditions
- Index
- References
Summary
The key to understanding metabolic bone disease in children is to have a clear understanding of what bone is made of and how it grows at the physes. The structure of the physis is covered in detail in Chapter 25. An overview of the structure of bone and its role in calcium and phosphate homeostasis will be covered below.
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- Postgraduate Paediatric OrthopaedicsThe Candidate's Guide to the FRCS(Tr&Orth) Examination, pp. 385 - 395Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024