Top rickets Articles in Internal Medicine

Nutritional rickets and vitamin D deficiency - association with the outcomes of childhood very severe pneumonia: A prospective cohort study
Pediatric Pulmonology, 12/02/2009

Banajeh SM – Treatment failure occurred in 24, all aged 2–12 months, and 21 were rachitic. Of the 79 subset, 29 had VDD of which 23 had rickets. Treatment ... higher in the rachitic compared to non–rachitic [20.6% (21/102) vs. 6% (3/50); OR 1.38 (95% CI 1.13–1.69), P = 0.031]. In VSP, rickets was significantly associated with treatment outcome and VDD significantly predict both reduced circulating PMNs, and Day–5 hypoxemia. [more...]

Hypophosphatemic Rickets with Hypercalciuria due to Mutation in SLC34A3/Type IIc Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter: Presentation as Hypercalciuria and Nephrolithiasis
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 10/15/2009

Tencza AL et al. – The authors report a novel mutation in the SLC34A3 gene in a patient with an unusual presentation of HHRH ... mutations in the SLC34A3 gene, respectively, providing further evidence for a gene dosage effect in determining the phenotype. HHRH may be an underdiagnosed condition that can masquerade as idiopathic hypercalciuria or osteopenia. [more...]

The Journey From Vitamin D-Resistant Rickets to the Regulation of Renal Phosphate Transport
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 11/16/2009

Levine BS et al. – Using a conceptual approach, we suggest that a defect in the skeletal response to parathyroid hormone contributes to hyperparathyroidism in XLH. Finally, at the end of the review [more...]