Describe the pathophysiology of hypophosphatemic rickets
belongs to book: CLINICAL CASES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY|Pramila Kalra|| Chapter number:19| Question number:1.8
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belongs to book: CLINICAL CASES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY|Pramila Kalra|| Chapter number:19| Question number:1.8
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The main pathology is hypophosphatemia either due to dietary phosphate deficiency or due to renal phosphate wasting due to elevated phosphatonins which could be due to inherited genetic defects, or acquired due to tumors or medications.
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