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Summary In types of nephritis characterized by relative inability of the kidneys to excrete phosphates, there exists a considerable amount of evidence that the waste endogenous phosphates of the body which are ordinarily found in the urine may be excreted through the bowel, and that the phosphates thereby increased in the intestinal contents can interfere with the absorption of calcium by the formation of insoluble calcium phosphates which, unabsorbed, leave the body in the feces. It is suggested that long-continued partial starvation of calcium resulting from this metabolic fault is principally responsible for the condition known as renal rickets; that is, the low calcium type of rickets seen accompanying marked renal insufficiency in growing children. |
