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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics Discussion: - this is the most frequently encountered form of rickets and consists of a genetic or acquired fault in the handling of phosphate in the proximal tubule; - patholophysiology: - decreased reabsorpion of phosphate by the renal tubule (causing hypophosphatemia) (otherwise the renal function is normal, ie BUN and Cr are normal); - decreased absorption of calcium and phosphorous from the GI tract;
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