An Unusual Case of Rickets and How Whole Exome Sequencing Helped to Correct a Diagnosis
ABSTRACT: Objective: Rickets can be caused by a wide variety of underlying nutritional deficiencies or genetic defects. There is significant overlap in the clinical presentations of the various forms of rickets and the risk for misdiagnosis is great. This report describes a diagnostically challengin...
Main Authors: | Patricia R. Peter, MD, Catherine A. Brownstein, PhD, Gang-Qing Yao, MD, Elizabeth A. Olear, MS, MA, Christine A. Simpson, MS, MT (ASCP), Pankaj B. Agrawal, MD, MMSC, Thomas O. Carpenter, MD, Karl L. Insogna, MD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-01-01
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Series: | AACE Clinical Case Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2376060520305708 |
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