Vitamin D-Dependent Rickets Type II: Extreme End Organ Resistance to 1,25-Dihydroxy Vitamin D3 in a Patient Without Alopecia

    October 1986 in “ European journal of pediatrics ”
    L. J. Fraher, Rafik Karmali, F. R. J. Hinde … J. L. H. O’Riordan
    Studysummary This case study reported that absence of alopecia does not reliably predict responsiveness to vitamin D treatment in Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II, as demonstrated by a patient with normal hair growth who showed extreme resistance.
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    Research cited in this study 5

    1. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Resistance, Rickets, and Alopecia The American Journal of Medicine · 1984
    2. Rickets and Alopecia with Resistance to 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D: Two Different Clinical Courses with Two Different Cellular Defects ˜The œJournal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism/Journal of clinical endocrinology & metabolism · 1983
    3. Vitamin D Resistant Rickets With Alopecia: A Form of End Organ Resistance to 1,25 Dihydroxy Vitamin D Clinical endocrinology · 1981
    4. An Unusual Form of Vitamin D-Dependent Rickets in a Child: Alopecia and Marked End-Organ Hyposensitivity to Biologically Active Vitamin D The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 1980
    5. Rickets With Alopecia: An Inborn Error of Vitamin D Metabolism ˜The œjournal of pediatrics/˜The œJournal of pediatrics · 1979