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Successful pregnancy outcome in a woman with a gain-of-function mutation of the calcium-sensing receptor. A case report.
The Journal of reproductive medicine - 1 Aug 1999
Gherman R B, Bowen E, Eggleston M K, Teague K E, Sayles T, Brown E M, Pollak M R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gain-of-function mutations of the calcium-sensing receptor gene have recently been identified as a cause of familial hypercalciuric hypocalcemia. There have been no earlier reported cases of pregnancy among patients with this disorder. CASE: A 26-year-old woman, gravida 1, para 0, was diagnosed at age 18 as being a heterozygous carrier of a mutation in the calcium-sensing receptor gene. Stable...
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