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Screening for parathyroid hormone resistance in patients with nonphenotypically evident pseudohypoparathyroidism.
Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - 1 Jan 2000
Todorova-Koteva Kristina, Wood Kelly, Imam Shahnawaz, Jaume Juan Carlos
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia in the setting of elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH) and normal vitamin D metabolites, raises the possibility of PTH resistance. The idiopathic and inherited forms of PTH resistance are referred to as pseudohypoparathyroidism. Nonphenotypically evident pseudohypoparathyroidism can go undiagnosed for decades. We have designed a new test to diagnose PTH resistance and...
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