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Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia: a review.
Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity - 1 Dec 2011
Christensen Signe E, Nissen Peter H, Vestergaard Peter, Mosekilde Leif
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Hypercalcaemia is a potentially life-threatening condition. Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia (FHH) is a rare, lifelong, benign condition. It is important to separate this condition from other hypercalcaemic states such as hypercalcaemia of malignancy and primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). RECENT FINDINGS: FHH is caused by inactivating mutations in the calcium sensing receptor (CASR) gene...
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