title: Chemical determinants of enamel hypoplasia in children with disorders of calcium and phosphate homeostasis.
abstract: Studies of children with disorders of calcium and phosphate homeostasis indicate that hypocalcaemia, but not hypophosphataemia, is a significant and specific factor in the etiology of enamel hypoplasia. Only those teeth were affected that had developed during the hypocalcaemic episodes.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003744:Dental Enamel Hypoplasia / Q000209:etiology*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000150:complications; D007015:Hypophosphatemia, Familial / Q000150:complications*