RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
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ID 58113338
T1 Hypercalcemia, Familial Hypocalciuric
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58113338
RD 2024/04/24
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