Conditions / Genetic

vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1B

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A vitamin D-dependent rickets that is characterized by abnormally low levels of calcitriol and that has_material_basis_in homozygous, compound heterozygous, or heterozygous mutation in the CYP2R1 gene on chromosome 11p15.

Signs and symptoms

  • Elevated circulating alkaline phosphatase concentration
  • Decreased circulating calcifediol concentration
  • Hypocalcemia
  • Hypophosphatemia
  • Delayed epiphyseal ossification
  • Tibial bowing
  • Difficulty standing
  • Bulging epiphyses
  • Femoral bowing
  • Hypotonia