Article
Genetic basis for resistance to parathyroid hormone.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2003
Levine Michael A, Germain-Lee Emily, Jan de Beur Suzanne
Abstract excerpt
Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is associated with biochemical hypoparathyroidism (i.e. hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia) due to parathyroid hormone (PTH) resistance rather than to PTH deficiency. Patients with PHP type 1a have a generalized form of hormone resistance plus a constellation of developmental defects termed Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO). Within PHP type 1a families some individuals will...
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