It does not result from vitamin - D deficiency:
Correct answer: B. Hypophosphatemic rickets
- A. Dietary rickets
- B. Hypophosphatemic rickets
- C. Osteomalacia
- D. Weakness of bones
Explanation
The person have become resistant to vitamin D's message, though vitamin D is not deficient, rather it is genetic communication failure at molecular level. The genes encoding bone proteins never receive vitamin D's message to function.
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