TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hypercalcemia, Familial Hypocalciuric A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Benign condition of chronic, nonprogressive hypercalcemia with mildly elevated intact parathyroid hormone• Family history of hypercalcemia, especially in children• Etiology is a defect in the gene coding for the calcium sensing receptor; autosomal dominant transmission• Essentially is an elevation in the calcium set point• Often discovered incidentally with screening laboratory studies SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58113338 ER -