Federal clinical recommendations on diagnostics and treatment of hypoparathyroidism in the children and adolescents

Hypoparathyroidism is a rare etiologically heterogeneous condition that manifests itself in the children in the first place as hypocalcemia. The purely hypocalcemic convulsions are usually interpreted as manifestations of epilepsy which leads to the prescription of an inadequate treatment. The early diagnostics and correct therapy ensure the normal development and social adaptation of the affected child. The present clinical guidelines developed at the Institute of Pediatric Endocrinology, Endocrinological Research Centre, highlight the diagnostic problems pertaining to hypoparathyroidism, as well as its clinical and genetic variants. In addition, the algorithm of diagnostics of hypocalcemic syndrom is proposed in conjunction with the schemes for its treatment.