Tubular dysfunctions of renal homograft cases have been reported from several aspects (I). However, chronic hypophosphatemia of the kidney transplant recipient is a relatively new topic (4). It is encountered frequently and is considered to be very important in differential diagnosis of persistent hyperparathyroidism. We studied this chronic hypophosphatemia in our intrafamiliar renal homograft...

X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is the most common form of inherited disorders that are characterized by renal phosphate wasting, but it a rare chronic disease. XLH presents in multisystemic organs, not only childhood, also adulthood. Multidisciplinary team management necessary for care patients with XLH. Although has often been perceived as childhood disease, recent studies have demonstrated l...

BACKGROUND Hypophosphatemic Rickets (HR) is a disease that affects mineralized structures including bone and dentine, studies on dental development in these patients are scarce with equivocal results. AIM To assess dental development of a group of children with (HR) and to compare that to healthy matched controls, and to assess relationship between delayed medical treatment and dental develop...

The recurrent spontaneous formation of abscesses affecting multiple noncarious primary as well as permanent teeth is the principle clinical dental feature in cases of hypophosphatemia, a condition inherited through the X chromosome. Patients often have high pulp horns, large pulp chambers and dentinal clefts. We report a case of hypophosphatemic vitamin D-resistant rickets in a patient who repo...