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Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

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ISSN (Print): 1871-5303
ISSN (Online): 2212-3873

Hereditary Rickets. How Genetic Alterations Explain the Biochemical and Clinical Phenotypes

Author(s): Anna Papadopoulou, Evaggelia Gole and Polyxeni Nicolaidou

Volume 13, Issue 4, 2013

Page: [324 - 334] Pages: 11

DOI: 10.2174/1871530313666131224114530

Price: $65

Abstract

The reemergence of vitamin D deficiency in the industrialized countries resurrects the “threat” of nutritional rickets, especially among pediatric populations, a fact that may lead to underdiagnosis of hereditary rickets. Today, hereditary rickets may be subdivided into two main groups according to their biochemical profile: the one associated with defects in vitamin D synthesis and action and the second associated with abnormal phosphorus metabolism. The classification of the patients in a particular group of hereditary rickets is determinative of the treatment to follow. This review, through the recent advances on vitamin D and P metabolism, discusses the molecular and biochemical defects associated to each group of inherited rickets, as well as the clinical phenotypes and the recommended therapeutic approaches.

Keywords: FGF23, Klotho, Phosphorus, Rickets, Vitamin D, VDR.


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