Causes of osteomalacia vitamin D deficiency dietary deficiency lack of ultraviolet light exposure – especially dark-skinned people who spend little time in the sun malabsorption – gastrointestinal, hepatic, and pancreatic disease abnormal metabolism of vitamin D chronic renal failure (CRF) vitamin-D-dependent Rickets – 1-hydroxylase deficiency anticonvulsant osteopathy phosphate depletion X-linked (dominant) hypophosphatemia Fanconi syndrome renal … Continue reading Osteomalacia and Rickets