PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Thalassinos, N. C.
AU  - Leese, Brenda
AU  - Latham, S. C.
AU  - Joplin, G. F.
TI  - Urinary Excretion of Phosphate in Normal Children
AID  - 10.1136/adc.45.240.269
DP  - 1970 Apr 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 269--272
VI  - 45
IP  - 240
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/45/240/269.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/45/240/269.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1970 Apr 01; 45
AB  - In 55 normal children on a normal diet, the phosphate and creatinine were estimated in a fasting 2-hour urine collection and in a simultaneous blood sample. In comparison with adults, a high serum phosphate and relatively decreased phosphaturia were found, both of which tended to adult values with the advent of puberty. A correlation between the serum phosphate and the urine phosphate/creatinine ratio (r = + 0·42, p <0·002) was found. The phosphate excretion index was lower in mid-childhood than in adulthood. The interpretation of any expression of phosphaturia in childhood requires its own age-specific normal range.