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A novel CASR mutation associated with neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism transmitted as an autosomal recessive disorder.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Sept 2014
Diaz-Thomas Alicia, Cannon John, Iyer Pallavi, Al-Maawali Almundher, Fazalullah Mohammed, Diamond Frank, Mueller O Thomas, Root Allen W, Alyaarubi Saif
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Neonatal severe primary hyperparathyroidism (NSHPT, MIM 239200) is most often an isolated disorder that is due to biallelic inactivating mutations in the CASR, the gene encoding the calcium sensing receptor; NSHPT is inherited from parents with familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia, each of whom has one mutated CASR allele. OBJECTIVES: To report clinical and genetic findings in a brother and sister...
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