refractory rickets


re·frac·to·ry rick·ets

rickets that does not respond to treatment with usual doses of vitamin D and adequate dietary calcium and phosphorus; most often due to inherited renal tubular disorder, for example, Fanconi syndrome.

re·frac·to·ry rick·ets

(rĕ-fraktŏr-ē rikĕts) Disease state that does not respond to treatment with usual doses of vitamin D and adequate dietary calcium and phosphorus.