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Type I Vitamin D Dependent Rickets
Soo Ja Hwang, Jung Soo Kim, Hae Il Cheong, Yong Choi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(7):877-882.   Published online July 15, 1998
Purpose : Vitamin D dependent rickets(VDDR) is a rare, autosomal recessively transmitted disorder characterized by hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, increased alkaline phosphatase, secondary hyperparathyroidism and many other clinical features. Type Ⅰ VDDR arises from primary deficiency in the renal 1α-hydroxylase that produces 1,25(OH)2D3. So patients with type I VDDR require life long administration of vitamin D. Methods : There had been 6 children(4...