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1Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi, India. vmpd05@yahoo.co.in
Abstract:
A 4-year-old boy presented with rickets, alopecia and macrocephaly along with elevated serum levels of 1,25(OH)₂D₃ which was diagnostic of vitamin D-dependent rickets type II. The rickets responded to conventional doses of 1α-hydroxycholecalciferol together with oral calcium supplement and there was also improvement in the alopecia. In patients with vitamin D-dependent rickets type II with alopecia, although rickets improves with treatment, improvement in alopecia has not been reported before.
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