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Phosphate homeostasis and genetic mutations of familial hypophosphatemic rickets.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Sept 2015
Razali Nurul Nadirah, Hwu Ting Tzer, Thilakavathy Karuppiah
Abstract excerpt
Hypophosphatemic rickets (HR) is a syndrome of hypophosphatemia and rickets that resembles vitamin D deficiency, which is caused by malfunction of renal tubules in phosphate reabsorption. Phosphate is an essential mineral, which is important for bone and tooth structure. It is regulated by parathyroid hormone, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and fibroblast-growth-factor 23 (FGF23). X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH),...
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