2003
Nutritional Rickets with Normal Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: A Call for Reexamining the Role of Dietary Calcium Intake in North American Infants
DeLucia MC, Mitnick ME, Carpenter TO. Nutritional Rickets with Normal Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: A Call for Reexamining the Role of Dietary Calcium Intake in North American Infants. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2003, 88: 3539-3545. PMID: 12915633, DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021935.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDietary calcium intakeNutritional ricketsCalcium intakeNorth American infantsAmerican infantsLow dietary calcium intakeOptimal dietary practicesVitamin D supplementationVitamin D deficiencyVitamin D therapyGreater New HavenD supplementationRachitic abnormalitiesD deficiencyD therapyDevelopment of diseaseVitamin DMean ageRepresentative case historiesBiochemical resolutionDietary practicesRicketsContributory roleMiddle Eastern descentInfants
2000
Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumor-Induced Rickets
Reyes-Múgica M, Arnsmeier S, Backeljauw P, Persing J, Ellis B, Carpenter T. Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumor-Induced Rickets. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology 2000, 3: 61-69. PMID: 10594133, DOI: 10.1007/s100249910008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhosphaturic mesenchymal tumorYears of ageMesenchymal tumorsComputerized tomographyMixed connective tissue variantConnective tissue variantLower extremity painPoor linear growthRight proximal tibiaSpindle cell neoplasmFibroma-like variantLeft mandibular ramusBone painOncogenic ricketsRachitic abnormalitiesLytic lesionsRadiographic evidenceSecond patientFirst patientMuscle weaknessOccult tumorsPatient 1Prominent vascularityChondroid materialFibroblast-like cells