vitamin D-dependent rickets type II

pathology
Also known as: VDDRII

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  • rickets, a nutritional disease
    In rickets: Causes of rickets

    Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II (VDDRII) involves loss-of-function mutations in a gene for the vitamin D receptor, with the result that tissues are unable to absorb calcitriol. VDDRII is associated with rickets, hypocalcemia (decreased serum calcium), and in some cases alopecia (baldness). Both VDDRI and…

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