Abstract
BLOUNT disease, tibia vara or osteochondrosis defor mans tibiae, presents as bow legs in childhood. The pathogenesis is obscure and heterogeneity is likely; most cases are sporadic but involvement of successive generations has been recorded.
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Beighton, P., Beighton, G. (1997). BLOUNT, Walter Putnam. In: The Person Behind the Syndrome. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0925-9_15
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