Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2020
A RARE CASE OF CELIAC DISEASE PRESENTING AS RICKETS -A CASE REPORT
Cheguru Sripal Reddy, Gundubogula Chaitanya Gopi Chand, Marina Amarendra
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BACKGROUND: Celiac disease is an immune-mediated disorder that primarily affects the gastrointestinal system and has varied intestinal and extraintestinal manifestation. CASE CHARACTERISTICS: A 4yr old female child with deformities in the extremities and walding gait since 8 months with failure to thrive. OBSERVATION: Celiac disease has intestinal manifestations as well as extraintestinal manifestation, In the form of rickets; short stature; peripheral neuropathy, refractory anemia. MESSAGE: Any case of rickets not responding to vitamin-D supplements should be evaluated for celiac disease to prevent the long term complications.
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A RARE CASE OF CELIAC DISEASE PRESENTING AS RICKETS -A CASE REPORT, CHEGURU SRIPAL REDDY, GUNDUBOGULA CHAITANYA GOPI CHAND, MARINA AMARENDRA GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2020
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A RARE CASE OF CELIAC DISEASE PRESENTING AS RICKETS -A CASE REPORT, CHEGURU SRIPAL REDDY, GUNDUBOGULA CHAITANYA GOPI CHAND, MARINA AMARENDRA GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2020