Question 19 · LEK · Rickets
Craniotabes (softening and thinning of occipital and parietal bones) may be observed in the following disorders, except for:
- A. excess of phosphates in the diet.
- B. osteopenia of prematurity.
- C. osteogenesis imperfecta.
- D. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
- E. Down syndrome.
Hint
Craniotabes reflects poor skull mineralisation or a defective bone matrix — which listed condition does not share that mechanism?
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