A toddler with severe vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1 A (VDDR1A), hungry bone syndrome, and severe RSV infection: presentation and therapeutic challenges.

Eleni StathaGeorge PaltoglouArtemis DoulgerakiEleni VakaliElpis-Athina VlachopapadopoulouStavroula EconomouIrini-Ikbale SakouAlexandra SoldatouKyriaki KaravanakiElena Fryssira

Published in: Hormones (Athens, Greece) (2024)

VDDR1A causes failure to thrive, hypotonia, and increased fracture risk and may complicate the clinical course of lower respiratory tract infections. Furthermore, management of hungry bone syndrome requires supraphysiologic doses of vitamin D metabolites and calcium.

Keyphrases

respiratory tract
case report
bone mineral density
early onset
soft tissue
bone loss
drug induced
body composition