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A case of Albers Schonberg disease complicated by subclinical rickets and scurvy is described. This combination in a negro child has not been previously described (Summary)
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Humanos , Lactente , Feminino , Osteopetrose/complicações , Raquitismo , Escorbuto , Osteopetrose/sangue , Osteopetrose/dietoterapia , Osteopetrose/diagnóstico por imagem , Prognóstico , JamaicaRESUMO
Idiopathic calcification of articular cartilages is described in a Jamaican woman of thirty-one years who had intermittent joint pains for ten years and who had evidence of past gonococcal infection. She was otherwise normal. The etiology of the condition is unknown. Previous literature is reviewed. (Summary)
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Humanos , Adulto , Feminino , Cartilagem Articular , Calcinose , Articulações/patologia , Artropatias/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
A case of true hermaphroditism and its treatment are described. Although in this case the genetic sex and hormonal sex were female, the psychic sex was strongly male, and evidence is put forward to suggest that extrauterine environmental factors were responsible for this. (Summary)
