HYPOPHOSPHATEMIC VITAMIN-D-RESISTANT RICKETS ASSOCIATED WITH EPIDERMAL NEVUS SYNDROME - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
TOKATLI A COSKUN T OZALP I
Citation
A. Tokatli et al., HYPOPHOSPHATEMIC VITAMIN-D-RESISTANT RICKETS ASSOCIATED WITH EPIDERMAL NEVUS SYNDROME - A CASE-REPORT, Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 39(2), 1997, pp. 247-251
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00414301
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
247 - 251
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-4301(1997)39:2<247:HVRAWE>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Epidermal nevus syndrome is characterized by congenital anomalies affe cting multiple body systems, especially the skin, skeleton and central nervous system. A form of rickets/osteamalacia that is markedly resis tant to treatment with vitamin D has been reported in children with th is syndrome. We report the clinical and laboratory observations in a c hild with epidermal nevi and severe hypophosphatemic rickets/osteomala cia.