Causes of Probls Bone Mineralization? - ben

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1. Is Vit D def or Ineffective a Cause ?
2. Can somone List Possible Causes ?

[ArchivalUser]

yes it is....in fact the main factor in ricketts and osteomalacia.

[ArchivalUser]

thx abdalla

[ArchivalUser]

Several diseases can result in defective mineralization of bone in children, including the following:

--Rickets (Nutritional rickets ,Congenital rickets , Rickets of prematurity , Genetic rickets ,
Neoplastic rickets , Hypophosphatemic rickets , Drug-induced rickets)

--Renal causes - Renal osteodystrophy, Fanconi syndrome

--Tumor-induced osteomalacia

--Hypophosphatasia

--McCune-Albright syndrome

--Osteogenesis imperfecta with mineralization defect (syndrome resembling osteogenesis imperfecta)