Malignant osteopetrosis treated with high doses of 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 and interferon gamma.

Kubo, T; Tanaka, H; Ono, H; Moriwake, T; Kanzaki, S; Seino, Y · J Pediatr · 1993

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A male infant with malignant osteopetrosis was treated with high doses of 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 and interferon gamma. Therapy with 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 increased the serum calcium level despite the markedly elevated serum level of 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D before treatment. Recombinant human interferon gamma increased neither the bone mineral nor matrix turnover, and was not tolerated because of bone marrow suppression.

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