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Osteomalacia

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Disorder caused by an interruption of the mineralization of organic bone matrix leading to bone softening, bone pain, and weakness. It is the adult form of rickets resulting from disruption of VITAMIN D; PHOSPHORUS; or CALCIUM homeostasis.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

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PR2.6458, 1946-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6458
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: kyphoscoliosis; spinal cord compression; Pott's disease; backache; numbness; leg weakness; and osteomalacia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1959