Table 5 |
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Profile of cohort a subjects with idRTA |
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Pre Ammonium chloride loading test |
Post Ammonium chloride loading test and intervention with shohls solution |
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Diagnosis |
3 months |
6 months |
3 months |
6 months |
p |
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Mean age (yrs) |
4.95 ± 0.36 |
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Mean wt (kg) |
7.62 |
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Mean serum calcium (mmol/L) |
2.15 |
1.90 |
1.80 |
2.37 |
2.48 |
P < 0.01 |
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Mean serum phosphate (mmol/L) |
1.36 |
1.46 |
1.49 |
1.42 |
1.21 |
P < 0.01 |
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Mean plasma alkaline phosphatase (U/L) |
925 |
1250 |
1234 |
810 |
660 |
P < 0.01 |
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Mean plasma bicarbonate (mmol/L) |
20 |
19 |
19 |
23 |
24 |
P < 0.01 |
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Radiography |
Florid rickets |
No improvement |
Healing Zone of calcification seen. |
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Oduwole et al. Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010 36:54 doi:10.1186/1824-7288-36-54 |
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