RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hypophosphatemic Rickets, Hyperglycinuria, Glycosuria, etc
JF Pediatrics
JO Pediatrics
FD American Academy of Pediatrics
SP 864
OP 866
VO 35
IS 5
A1 STICKLER, GUNNAR B.
YR 1965
UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/35/5/864.2.abstract
AB The study of a patient with hypophosphatemic rickets, hyperglycinuria, glycosuria, and glycyl-prolinuria by Dr. Charles R. Scriver and co-workers (Pediatrics, 34:357) was of great interest to me. However, I must take issue with certain interpretations of data presented by these authors. It is stated, "The fecal excretion of phosphorus was slightly more than the urinary excretion. On the assumption that fecal phosphorus has the relation: 0.5 X fecal calcium/calcium intake X phosphorus intake, the fecal phosphorus was an appropriate amount.