Child abuse, osteogenesis imperfecta and the grey zone between them.
We report a child who was thought to suffer a non-accidental injury. The parents were unable to convince the child abuse team of their innocence. The eruption of lucent teeth established the diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta type IVB.
Augarten
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Department of Pediatrics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Laufer
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Szeinberg
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Passwell
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D002649:Child Abuse; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis