1. Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy.
- Author
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Boscherini B, Coen G, Bianchini G, Gallucci G, Ballanti P, Pasquino AM, Piccolo F, Manca Bitti ML, and Spadoni GL
- Subjects
- Adult, Aged, Body Height, Calcium blood, Carpal Bones diagnostic imaging, Child, Cyclic AMP blood, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Middle Aged, Parathyroid Hormone blood, Phosphorus blood, Pseudohypoparathyroidism genetics, Radiography, Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone genetics, Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic genetics
- Abstract
The authors observed different clinical forms of Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy in 4 members of a family (two sisters, their mother and the maternal grandfather). The sisters were affected by pseudohypoparathyroidism type I, the older manifested the hypocalcemic variety, the younger the normocalcemic variety; the mother and the grandfather presented only with short stature and subcutaneous calcifications. The variety of clinical and biochemical alterations observed in these 3 generations supports evidence that Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy has a broad spectrum and that distinctions between the various forms of pseudohypoparathyroidsim should not be rigidly considered.
- Published
- 1980
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