Familial hypophosphatemia: an unusual presentation with low back ache, heel pain, and a limp in a young man, and literature review
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Sharon Arthur & Arvind Chopra
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
A case of young man with low back ache and heel pains who was examined in a rheumatology outpatient and diagnosed as familial hypophosphatemia (FH), probably X-linked (XL), is presented. FH is most commonly transmitted as XL. The role of PHEX gene and fibroblast growth factor 23 is also described.
Clin Rheumatol (2011) 30:585–589 Received: 6 October 2010 / Accepted: 13 October 2010 / Published online: 2 November 2010
