Pseudohypoparathyroidism
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Pseudohypoparathyroidism is a condition caused by resistance to the parathyroid hormone. Patients have a low serum calcium and high phosphate, but the parathyroid hormone level is appropriately high.
- Type 1a pseudohypoparathyroidism has a characteristic phenotypic appearance (Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy), including short fourth and fifth metacarpals and a rounded facies.
- Type 1b pseudohypoparathyroidism lacks the physical appearance of type 1a, but is biochemically similar.
The term pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is used to describe a condition where the individual has the phenotypic appearance of pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a, but is biochemically normal.
Symptoms
- hypocalcemia
- hyperphosphatemia
- elevated parathyroid hormone (hyperparathyroidism)
- short stature
- obesity
Types
- Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 103580 - Type 1A (closely associated with Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy)
- Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 603233 - Type 1B
- Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 203330 - Type 2
See also
Acknowledgements
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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
