Perinatal Hypophosphatasia in a Premature Infant

A premature male infant was delivered at 32 weeks' gestation due to category-2 fetal tracing after preterm labor. The physical exam showed shortened and bowed long bones, with calvarium felt in small area of the head. Serum alkaline phosphatase was very low on admission. Extensive metaphyseal a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Deepika Sankaran, Praveen K. Chandrasekharan, Munmun Rawat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2020-04-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1709512