title: Rickets in xeroderma pigmentosum.
abstract: Xeroderma pigmentosum patients are advised to strictly avoid sun exposure to prevent ultraviolet-induced DNA damage. We describe a 2 1/2 years old boy having xeroderma pigmentosum, who also developed rickets. He was given one injection of vitamin D along with dietary vitamin D supplements to which he responded. He is being followed- up regularly in outdoor clinic with the advice to the parents to continue dietary vitamin D supplements and to avoid sun exposure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Combined Military Hospital, Abbottabad. naeemraza561@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Naeem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.forename: Amer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ejaz
authors.forename: Shabbir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hussain
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012279:Rickets / Q000209:etiology*; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000150:complications*