BUSM researcher solves mystery of 9-month-old
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 17:49
in Health & Medicine
A researcher from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has determined that a 9-month old infant who was admitted to a local Boston hospital with seizures and a bulging soft spot was actually suffering from rickets caused by vitamin D deficiency. This case study describing the findings appear in the January 22nd issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.