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hypophosphatemia
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hypophosphatemia /hy·po·phos·pha·te·mia/ (-fos″fah-te´me-ah) deficiency of phosphates in the blood, as may occur in rickets and osteomalacia. See also hypophosphatasia. hypophosphate´mic
familial hypophosphatemia  familial hypophosphatemic rickets.
X-linked hypophosphatemia  a form of familial hypophosphatemic rickets.

hy·po·phos·pha·te·mi·a (hp-fsf-tm-)
n.
Abnormally low concentrations of phosphates in the blood.

hypophosphatemia [hi″po-fos″fah-te´me-ah]
deficiency of phosphates in the blood; see also hypophosphatasia. adj., adj hypophosphate´mic.

hypophosphatemia (hī´pōfos´f-tē´mē),
n an abnormally low concentration of serum phosphates. Blood phosphorus levels are low in sprue, celiac disease, and hyperparathyroidism and in association with an elevated alkaline phosphatase in vitamin D-resistant rickets and other diseases involving a renal tubular defect in resorption of phosphate.

hypophosphatemia
a lower than normal level of inorganic phosphorus, present as phosphates, in the blood. May be due to nutritional deficiency, several different malignant neoplasms, and primary hyperparathyroidism or pseudohyperparathyroidism associated with hypercalcemia. See also rickets, osteomalacia, postparturient hemoglobinuria.

hypophosphatemia
Low blood phosphate Endocrinology Low serum phosphate which may be linked to management of DKA, starvation, etc. See Phosphate.


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osteopaenia, bowed long bones, and pseudofractures) features are similar, the biochemical parameters are different as the serum alkaline phosphatase level is low and the calcium level is high or normal in hypophosphatasia, whereas in familial hypophosphataemia it is the reverse.
Such disturbances may include hypophosphataemia, hypokalaemia, hypomagnesaemia, vitamin deficiencies, fluid or glucose intolerance or both, and resulting, potentially fatal, complications (11-13).
The most widely reported clinical features are fluid balance abnormalities, abnormal glucose metabolism, hypophosphataemia, hypomagnesaemia, hypokalaemia and thiamin deficiency (16,18).
 
 
 
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