Rickets with Alopecia: Remission Following a Course of 1-Alpha-Hydroxy Vitamin D3 Therapy

    August 1989 in “ European journal of pediatrics ”
    D. Manandhar, Shazwani Sarkawi, Milroy C. J. Hunt
    Studysummary This case study describes a child with rickets and alopecia who responded to a small dose of 1-a-hydroxyvitamin D3, but her alopecia remained unchanged despite treatment.
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    1. Vitamin D-Dependent Rickets Type II: Extreme End Organ Resistance to 1,25-Dihydroxy Vitamin D3 in a Patient Without Alopecia European journal of pediatrics · 1986
    2. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Resistance, Rickets, and Alopecia The American Journal of Medicine · 1984
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