For each of the conditions listed on the left select the most appropriate association from the list on the right

The answer is C, A, D. Vitamin D deficiency results in failure of calcium absorption and hence failure of calcification of osteoid matrix which is laid down around already mineralized bone.

Rickets is the childhood equivalent of osteomalacia; there is failure of mineralization of the cartilage of the epiphyseal growth plate and this results in deformity.

Vitamin C deficiency in children results in failure of resorption of calcified cartilage (scorbutic lattice).

Nephrocalcinosis (B) occurs in infantile hypercalcaemia.

Subperiosteal new bone formation at several sites (E) is a hallmark of the 'battered baby' syndrome.