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Tissue resistance to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D without a mutation of the vitamin D receptor gene.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Dec 1993
Hewison M, Rut A R, Kristjansson K, Walker R E, Dillon M J, Hughes M R, O'Riordan J L
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OBJECTIVE: Hereditary vitamin D resistant rickets (HVDRR) is characterized by severe rickets and is often accompanied by alopecia. Mutations in the gene encoding the vitamin D receptor have been found in this condition. In a patient with the characteristic phenotype we have investigated the functional defect and sequenced the gene to seek a mutation. DESIGN: Patient and control cell lines prepared from skin...
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