A 3-year-old child from rural India presents with bowing of legs, frontal bossing, and delayed fontanelle closure. Biochemical investigations show elevated alkaline phosphatase and low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. Which single clinical feature best distinguishes vitamin D deficiency rickets from vitamin C deficiency (scurvy)?

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