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Unusually severe phenotype of neonatal primary hyperparathyroidism due to a heterozygous inactivating mutation in the CASR gene.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 May 2009
Obermannova Barbora, Banghova Karolina, Sumník Zdenek, Dvorakova Hana M, Betka Jan, Fencl Filip, Kolouskova Stanislava, Cinek Ondrej, Lebl Jan
Abstract excerpt
We present a male patient with neonatal severe primary hyperparathyroidism, whose manifestation was exceptionally serious for the heterozygous inactivating mutation he carried in the CASR gene. The patient presented soon after birth with respiratory distress requiring long-term mechanical ventilation, bone and chest deformities, feeding problems, and hypotonia. He had hypercalcaemia, hypophosphataemia, and...
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