Familial Hypophosphatemic Rickets: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Fouzia Zaman,
Mst Naznin Sarker,
Gias Uddin Ahmed
et al.
Abstract:Among the genetic disorders causing rickets because of hypophosphatemia, X- X-linked dominant hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) is the most common, with a prevalence of 1/20,000. The defective gene is on the X chromosome, but female carriers are affected, so it is an X-linked dominant disorder. XLH associated with short stature during childhood are mostly referred to the hospital & diagnosed as vit-D deficiency rickets & received vit D before adulthood. We presented a 2-year-old boy with the complaint of … Show more
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