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Vitamin D Metabolism in Hypophosphatemic Rickets
Rebecca S. Mason, MB, PhD;
Peter G. Rohl, MB, FRACP;
Dianne Lissner;
Solomon Posen, MD, FRACP
Am J Dis Child. 1982;136(10):909-913.
Abstract
• Vitamin D metabolites were measured in 21 patients with hypophosphatemic osteomalacia of juvenile onset. In eight patients who had not received any antirachitic treatment, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH-D) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25-[OH]2D) values were normal, whereas serum 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (24,25-[OH]2D) values were lower than in normal subjects. In 13 patients who were receiving ergocalciferol and oral elemental phosphorus, serum 25-OH-D and 24,25-(OH)2D concentrations were elevated and serum 1,25-(OH)2D values were low. The findings in untreated patients supported the hypothesis that vitamin D metabolism is abnormal in hypophosphatemic rickets/osteomalacia. The reduction of serum 1,25-(OH)2D levels with ergocalciferol and phosphate therapy gives further support to a therapeutic role for 1,25-(OH)2D in this disorder.
(Am J Dis Child 1982;136:909-913)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, Sydney (Australia) Hospital.
Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Medicine, Sydney Hospital, Macquarie St, Sydney 2001, Australia (Dr Posen).
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