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hypophosphatemic rickets — any of a group of disorders characterized by rickets associated with hypophosphatemia, resulting from dietary phosphorus deficiency (antacid induced osteomalacia) or due to defects in renal tubular function that may be either hereditary (familial … Medical dictionary
familial hypophosphatemic osteomalacia — osteomalacia occurring in familial hypophosphatemic rickets … Medical dictionary
autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets — (ADHR), autosomal dominant vitamin D–resistant rickets a form of familial hypophosphatemic rickets with autosomal dominant inheritance and caused by mutation in the FGF23 gene (locus: 12p13.3), which encodes a member of the fibroblast growth… … Medical dictionary
hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria — a form of familial hypophosphatemic rickets caused by mutation in the SLC34A3 gene (locus: 9q34), which encodes a cotransporter important in maintenance of inorganic phosphate concentration at the kidney; hypophosphatemia is accompanied by… … Medical dictionary
familial hypophosphatemia — familial hypophosphatemic rickets; the term is sometimes used specifically for X linked hypophosphatemia … Medical dictionary
Rickets — A disease of infants and children that disturbs normal bone formation (ossification). Rickets is a failure to mineralize bone. This softens bone (producing osteomalacia) and permits marked bending and distortion of bones. Up through the first… … Medical dictionary
vitamin D–resistant rickets — 1. X linked hypophosphatemia. 2. any of a group of disorders characterized by rickets but not responding to high doses of vitamin D; most are forms of familial hypophosphatemic rickets … Medical dictionary
FHR — familial hypophosphatemic rickets; fetal heart rate … Medical dictionary
FHR — • familial hypophosphatemic rickets; • fetal heart rate … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
X-linked hypophosphatemia — a form of familial hypophosphatemic rickets, with X linked dominant inheritance and caused by mutation at locus Xp22.2 p22.1; the bone disease is due to defects in the resorption of phosphate by the proximal renal tubule and in the regulation of… … Medical dictionary
