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Parathyroid hormone gene polymorphism and sporadic idiopathic hypoparathyroidism.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Oct 2004
Goswami Ravinder, Mohapatra Trilochan, Gupta Nandita, Rani Rajni, Tomar Neeraj, Dikshit Anupam, Sharma Ram Kumar
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenetic mechanisms involved in the development of sporadic idiopathic hypoparathyroidism are currently under investigation. Although autoantibodies against the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) have been implicated to play a role, these could be demonstrated in only 49% of a group of 51 patients with sporadic idiopathic hypoparathyroidism that we previously studied. Therefore, we investigated 49 of these...
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