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X-Linked Hypophosphatemia

Background

X-Linked Hypophosphatemia: X-Linked Hypophosphataemia - UK; Vitamin D Resistant Rickets; Familial Hypophosphatemic Rickets

X-Linked Hypophosphatemia is a relatively rare syndrome that affects about 1 in 20,000 people. In the past, the syndrome has been referred to as Vitamin D Resistant Rickets.

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Medical text written October 2000 by Contact a Family. Approved October 2000 by Dr A Morris. Last reviewed August 2005 by Dr A Morris, Consultant Paediatrician with Special Interest in Metabolic disease, Willink Biochemical Genetics Unit, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.

 

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