HEREDITARY PSEUDO-VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY RICKETS

[Hereditary pseudo-vitamin D deficiency rickets].

Hereditary Pseudo-Deficiency Rickets or Vitamin D-Dependency Type I

Following the description in 1937 by Albright, Butler, and Bloomberg (1) of "rickets resistant to vitamin D," a number of observations were published, particularly by Van Crefeld and Arons (2), Fraser and Salter (3), and by Royer (4) which indicated that there was a variant of resistant rickets which differed from classical hereditary hypophosphatemic vitamin D-resistant rickets by its clinical...

Vitamin-D deficiency rickets in Jamaican children.

Vitamin-D deficiency is not as rare in Jamaica as previously believed. 9 children with vitamin-D deficiency rickets have been seen at the University Hospital of the West Indies during the past 5 years. All were over 3 years of age at time of presentation. Both dietary deficiency of vitamin D and lack of exposure to sunlight seem to be important causes. Children living in rural Jamaica seem to b...

Secondary prevention of vitamin D-deficiency rickets.

Reports of vitamin D-deficiency rickets and its associated morbidity continue among inadequately supplemented, dark-skinned breastfed infants. Despite the new vitamin D dietary guidelines, there remain significant numbers of unsupplemented breastfed infants. Here we report a case of subclinical vitamin D-deficiency rickets. This patient had biochemical and radiographic but not clinical evidence...

Vitamin D deficiency rickets with Lamellar ichthyosis.