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Data from G. Ariceta and colleagues advance knowledge in rickets in children

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, October 4th, 2007

Investigators publish new data in the report "Growth in X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets. Growth failure appears frequently in children with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLHR) due to hypophosphatemia, disease severity, body disproportion, and primary bone abnormality. Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) increases phosphate tubular reabsorption and phosphate level in blood and, thus, constitutes an attractive but controversial therapy in short children with XLHR, those efficacy was demonstrated in small uncontrolled series," scientists writing in the European Journal of Pediatrics report.

"Our aim was to report our experience regarding growth in XLHR....

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