Conditions / Genetic

vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1A

info ยท Genetic

A vitamin D-dependent rickets that is characterized by abnormally low levels of calcitriol and that has_material_basis_in mutation in the gene encoding 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1-alpha-hydroxylase (CYP27B1) on chromosome 12q13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Delayed eruption of teeth
  • Elevated circulating alkaline phosphatase concentration
  • Renal phosphate wasting
  • Postnatal growth retardation
  • Muscle weakness
  • Elevated circulating parathyroid hormone level
  • Generalized aminoaciduria
  • Rickets
  • Reduced subcutaneous adipose tissue
  • Hypocalcemia