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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1968;50:743-752.
© 1968 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Spinal-Cord Compression in Untreated Adult Cases of Vitamin-D Resistant Rickets

SEIZO YOSHIKAWA M.D.1, MASAKUNI SHIBA M.D.2, and AKIRA SUZUKI M.D.3

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kudanzaka Hospital, Kudan, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Omacrme City Hospital, Omacrme, Tokyo, Japan

Three adult siblings with untreated familial hypophosphatemic vitamin-D resistant rickets are reported. In two tetraplegia developed due to spinal-cord compression caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine.


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