Therapeutic management of hypophosphatemic rickets from infancy to adulthood

• Published in: Endocrine Connections Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. R13 - R30
• Main Authors: Linglart, Agnès, Biosse-Duplan, Martin, Briot, Karine, Chaussain, Catherine, Esterle, Laure, Guillaume-Czitrom, Séverine, Kamenicky, Peter, Nevoux, Jerome, Prié, Dominique, Rothenbuhler, Anya, Wicart, Philippe, Harvengt, Pol
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Bioscientifica Ltd 01.03.2014
• Subjects: Review; rare diseases/syndromes; bone; X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets; calcium

In children, hypophosphatemic rickets (HR) is revealed by delayed walking, waddling gait, leg bowing, enlarged cartilages, bone pain, craniostenosis, spontaneous dental abscesses, and growth failure. If undiagnosed during childhood, patients with hypophosphatemia present with bone and/or joint pain,...