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A novel mutation in pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a in a Chinese woman and her son with hypocalcaemia.
Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi - 1 Jun 2014
Tam Vicki H K, Chen Sammy P L, Mak Chole M, Fung L M, Lee C Y, Chan Albert Y W
Abstract excerpt
Pseudohypoparathyroidism is a rare genetic disorder characterised by end-organ resistance to parathyroid hormone due to a defect of the guanine nucleotide-binding protein alpha that simulates activity of the polypeptide 1 (GNAS) gene. Patients with type 1a pseudohypoparathyroidism display different features of Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy as well as multi-hormone resistance. We describe a Chinese woman...
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