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A novel pathogenic mutation of the CYP27B1 gene in a patient with vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1: a case report.
BMC research notes - 5 Nov 2014
Babiker Amir M I, Al Gadi Iman, Al-Jurayyan Nasir A M, Al Nemri Abdulrahman M H, Al Haboob Ali Abdu N, Al Boukai Ahmed Amer, Al Zahrani Ali, Habib Hanan Ahmed
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BACKGROUND: Rickets can occur due to Vitamin D deficiency or defects in its metabolism. Three rare genetic types of rickets with different alterations of genes have been reported, including: Vitamin D dependent rickets type 1, Vitamin D dependent rickets type 2 or also known as Vitamin D resistant rickets and 25 hydroxylase deficiency rickets. Vitamin D dependent rickets type 1 is inherited in an autosomal...
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