Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia + Other Calcium Sensing Disorders - Pathophysiology, Treatment

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Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia as the name suggests is a cause of hypercalcaemia. It runs in the family and is characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance with high penetrance. Affected people typically present in childhood where they get hypocalciuria (peeing low amounts of calcium) despite having elevated calcium levels in the blood hypercalcaemia.

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