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[Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia: a new mutation].
Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) - 1 Jan 2011
Ubetagoyena Arrieta M, Castaño González L, Pérez de Nanclares Leal G, Arruebarrena Lizarraga D, Imaz Murguiondo M, Areses Trapote R
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH) is a cause of hypercalcemia with autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance and high penetrance. In most of the cases it can be shown to be due to an inactivating mutation on the gene coding for the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR). Heterozygous cases usually do not present symptoms and they are diagnosed as an incidental finding. We report three affected children with an...
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