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J Pediatr
; 126(1): 145-8, 1995 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7815207
ABSTRACT
We report the healing of severe rickets despite hypocalcemia in two siblings with absent vitamin D receptors; long periods of treatment with excessive doses of vitamin D led to relative hypoparathyroidism and a return to normal of calcium metabolism during calcitriol treatment. This finding suggests that some other regulating factor may substitute for the defective vitamin D receptor.