X-ray features of vitamin D-deficiency and vitamin D-resistant rickets

To study the age-related features of growth areas and to detect the x-ray background of recurrent deformities in patients with rickets-like diseases, the investigators analyzed knee arthrograms in 74 patients aged 4 to 16 years (28 and 46 patients with vitamin D-deficiency or vitamin D-resistant rickets (phosphate diabetes), respectively) prior to treatment and in the late period.