October 2025 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” Stopping Viviscal, a hair loss product, normalized the woman's elevated alkaline phosphatase levels.
October 2023 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” Joint replacement surgery normalized high alkaline phosphatase levels in a patient with severe osteoarthritis.
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June 2016 in “Bone Research” A Chinese family had a child with a specific gene mutation causing vitamin D-resistant rickets, but the child improved with calcium and low-dose calcitriol.
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November 1984 in “The American Journal of Medicine” A genetic defect in vitamin D receptors causes severe rickets and hair loss in children, but some heal as they age.
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July 2004 in “Journal of Medical Primatology” Infant baboons suffered from zinc poisoning due to poor cage conditions.