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Clinical spectrum and diagnostic challenges of vitamin D dependent rickets type 1A (VDDR1A) caused by CYP27B1 mutation in resource limited countries.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 23 Feb 2023
Aftab Sommayya, Khan Sabeen Abid, Malik Munir Iqbal, Imran Ahmed, Anjum Muhammad Nadeem, Saeed Anjum, Qureshi Abid Ali, Cheema Huma Arshad
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OBJECTIVES: Vitamin D dependent rickets type 1A (VDDR1A) is a rare autosomal recessive condition due to inactivating mutation of CYP27B1. It mimics clinically, biochemically and rediologically to nutritional and hypophosphatemic rickets. In developing countries like Pakistan, VDDR1A is often misdiagnosed as nutritional rickets or hypophosphatemic rickets due lack of free access to 1,25 (OH) 2 D level and genetic...
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