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Contemporary Medical and Surgical Management of X-linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets.
The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - 1 Jul 2015
Sharkey Melinda S, Grunseich Karl, Carpenter Thomas O
Abstract excerpt
X-linked hypophosphatemia is an inheritable disorder of renal phosphate wasting that clinically manifests with rachitic bone pathology. X-linked hypophosphatemia is frequently misdiagnosed and mismanaged. Optimized medical therapy is the cornerstone of treatment. Even with ideal medical management, progressive bony deformity may develop in some children and adults. Medical treatment is paramount to the success of...
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