Endocrine Abstracts

Disorders of calcium metabolism may occur as hereditary traits eg. the Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) or type 2 (MEN2) syndromes, Familial isolated hyperparathyroidism (FIHP), neonatal severe primary hyperparathyroidism (NSHPT), Familial benign hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia (FBHH), the autoimmune poly- endocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal-dystrophy (APECED) and DiGeorge syndromes, isolated hypoparathyroidism and the autosomal dominant hypocalcaemic hypercalciuria (...