In 1907 Elmslie suggested that in some cases of congenital coxa vara without other abnormalities injury at birth might perhaps be one factor. He described accurately the cervical breach in infantile coxa vara with the typical metaphysial wedge included in the proximal fragment, and pointed out that there was often a clear history of injury. In 1913 he described thirty-four cases of the infantil...

The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and clinical presentation of coxa vara in 283 patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). The charts and X-rays of 150 girls and 133 boys with OI were reviewed. The patients were classified according to the Sillence classification modified by Glorieux: 94 type I, 90 type IV, 67 type III, 18 type V, 10 type VI, and 4 type VII. The mean age...

Background: Vitamin A (VA; retinol) supplementation is widely used to reduce child mortality in low-income countries. However, existing research suggests that supplementation with VA alone may not be optimal for infants. Objective: We compared the effect of VA with VA combined with retinoic acid (VARA) on retinol uptake and turnover in organs of neonatal rats raised under VA-marginal conditions...

Case 1-A man of thirty-six sought advice because he had wrenched his left hip while cycling. He had had previous trouble with his hips from the age of eighteen, but the attacks of pain were infrequent and settled rapidly. He worked as a brewery manager with little difficulty. Four years before he attended he had had a piece of bone removed from the right knee for osteochondritis. Figure 1 shows...