ea0012oc14 | Placenta, bone and genetics | SFE2006
Couppis OA
, Emmert W-K
, Kitz K
, Vant Hoff W
, Drake Stich WM
A high prevalence of rickets in the Gbagyi tribe around Kaduna, Northern Nigeria, has been noted. Multiple affected children born to one wife, but not others, of polygamous men suggests a genetic aetiology.With ethical approval, children with deformities characteristic of rickets (genu varum/valgum, rachitic rosary) were identified, clinical histories obtained and examination points documented included genu valgus/varus distances and other limb deformiti...