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A boy, 10 years old, who came to the division of orthopedic surgery for his fracture of right clavicle, showed remarkable appearances of biochemical and radiologic abnormalities of rickets.
He suffered from epilepsy following influenza vaccination at seven months after birth and has received anticonvulsant medication over nine years.
At about four months since he has been treated with Ethosuximide and Diazepam instead of the administrations of Diphenylhydantoin, Trimethadion, Primidone, Phenobarbital, Mephobarbital and Acetazolamide, enlargements of the antebrachial bone ends disappeared; fraying and cupping of the metaphyses and the wide growth discus on X-ray were almost improved; and elevation of the serum alkaline phosphatase activity (29 B. U.) decreased to 11 B. U..