(21) Type 2 vitamin D-dependent rickets with alopecia
β Scribed by DRS MARY SHEEHAN; M. DILLON; D.J. ATHERTON
- Book ID
- 108661973
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 797 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Vitamin Dβdependent rickets Type II is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. It usually presents with rachitic changes not responsive to Vitamin D treatment with elevated circulating levels of 1,25βDihydroxyvitamin D~3~, thus differentiating it from Vitamin Dβdependent rickets Type I. Alopecia of the
Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II (VDDR II) is a rare syndrome resulting in severe rickets and is resistant to treatment with vitamin D and its derivatives. Patient with this disease, who are frequently the children of consanguinous marriages, present with elevated circulating concentrations of 1,