Article
Hypophosphatemic rickets.
Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity - 1 Dec 2012
Baroncelli Giampiero I, Toschi Benedetta, Bertelloni Silvano
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Description of the recent advances on the regulation of phosphate metabolism, gene mutations, and new approaches to treatment in patients with hypophosphatemic rickets. RECENT FINDINGS: Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) overproduction may be a primary cause of hypophosphatemic rickets. Inactivating mutations of phosphate-regulating gene with homologies to endopeptidases on the X chromosome,...
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