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FAMILIAL BENIGN HYPERCALCAEMIA: HYPERCALCIURIA AND HYPOCALCIURIA IN AFFECTED MEMBERS OF A SMALL KINDRED
Author(s) -
PASIEKA JANICE L.,
ANDERSEN MEL A.,
HANLEY DAVID A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1990.tb03881.x
Subject(s) - hypocalciuria , hypercalcaemia , hypercalciuria , medicine , endocrinology , calcium , chemistry , hypomagnesemia , organic chemistry , magnesium
SUMMARY Familial benign hypercalcaemia has also been termed familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia because a major feature of this condition has been a relative hypocalciuria in relation to the hypercalcaemia, such that the calcium to creatinine clearance ratio is less than 0.016. The following is a report of a small kindred of patients with familial benign hypercalcaemia in which two of the affected members have frank hypercalciuria.