Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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The long-term effects of the vitamin D metabolite, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-HCC), were evaluated in 2 children with hypophosphatemic vitamin D-resistant rickets. Serial total balance studies demonstrated an apparent lack of correlation between the effects of the vitamin on intestinal absorption of calcium and phosphorus and both the onset of healing in 1 of the 2 patients treated with 5,000 to 7,500 u of the metabolite and the absence of demonstrable radiologic improvement in another patient in whom the final dosage was 20,000 u. per day. At first, the metabolite induced a positive calcium balance in both patients resulting largely from a reduction in intestinal calcium excretion. Despite a continued positive calcium balance, 1 of the 2 patients did not demonstrate further healing, while in the other patient healing was noted even when total calcium balance was negative. Serum phosphate levels did not return to normal in either patient, nor was phosphate excretion altered by 25-HCC. Serum alkaline phosphatase remained elevated in both. Serum immunoassayable parathyroid hormone levels were consistently normal to high-normal in the 2 patients throughout more than 24 months of observation. No instances of hypercalcemia and only occasional hypercalciuric episodes were noted.
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PMID:Long-term therapy of viramin D-resistant richets with 25-hydroxycholecalciferol. 16 13

Tyrosinemia type I is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder caused by deficient fumarylacetoacetase activity. Treatment with 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoro-methylbenzoyl)-1,3-cyclohexanedione (NTBC), an inhibitor of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase, has successfully been applied for the last few years. Our aim was to evaluate the clinical and biochemical response to treatment with NTBC of a 18-year-old patient with a chronic form of tyrosinemia type I, whose main clinical feature was vitamin D-resistant rickets leading to severe osteoporosis with multiple bone fractures and skeletal deformities. After treatment, toxic metabolites became undetectable and porphobilinogen synthase activity returned to normal. Renal function improved, blood hemoglobin returned to normal and alfa-fetoprotein decreased. The patient's general condition greatly improved. However, the alfa-fetoprotein concentration slowly increased during the second year of NTBC treatment and hepatocellular carcinoma developed. NTBC treatment should be considered even in advanced cases of tyrosinemia type I, although only as a palliative therapy.
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PMID:[Evolution of a case of tyrosinemia type I treated with NTBC]. 1126 62