Hypocalcaemic and Hypophosphatemic Rickets
Rickets refers to deficient mineralization at the growth plate and is usually associated with abnormal serum calcium and/or phosphate. There are several subtypes of rickets, including hypophosphatemic rickets (vitamin-D-resistant rickets secondary to renal phosphate wasting), vitamin D-dependent rickets (defects of vitamin D metabolism) and nutritional rickets (caused by dietary deficiency of vitamin D, and/or calcium, and/or phosphate). Most rickets manifest as bone deformities, bone pain, and impaired growth velocity.
Source: Best Practice and Research. Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Category: Endocrinology Authors: A.S. Lambert, A. Linglart Source Type: research
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