25-Hydroxycholecalciferol: Effects in idiopathic vitamin D-resistant rickets
β Scribed by S. Balsan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-0827
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The clinical and biochemical response to 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-HCC) and vitamin D3, 150 microgram/day for 20 days has been compared in infants aged 3--18 months with nutritional rickets. The infants were allocated at random to Group I (11 infants) treated with 25HCC and Group II (9 infants)
Hereditary vitamin D-resistant rickets (HVDRR) is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the vitamin D receptor (VDR). Patients exhibit severe rickets and hypocalcemia. Heterozygous parents and siblings appear normal and exhibit no symptoms of the disease. We analyzed the VDR gene