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Respiratory Failure and Multiple Fractures in Vitamin D‐Oependent Rickets
Author(s) -
ALPAN G.,
MOGLE P.,
PATZ D.,
AVITAL A.,
BAB I.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1985.tb10971.x
Subject(s) - rickets , medicine , vitamin d and neurology , respiratory system , vitamin d deficiency , vitamin , presentation (obstetrics) , pediatrics , surgery
A 20‐month‐old boy presented with multiple fractures and respiratory failure. He was found to have vitamin D‐dependent rickets. The rickets did not improve with phosphate, calcium and calciferol. The rickets healed, however, with large doses of l‐alpha‐hydroxycholecalci‐ferol. The presentation is unusual and the response to therapy suggests metabolic heterogeneity in vitamin D‐dependent rickets.