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KATSUMI Goji, MD
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism Kobe Children's Hospital 1-1-1 Takakuradai Suma-ku Kobe 654 Japan

Am J Dis Child. 1988;142(8):815-817.

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Sir.—Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is a heterogeneous syndrome characterized by the resistance of the target tissues to the action of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Although PHP is usually considered to be a disorder of hypocalcemic patients, normocalcemic patients with PHP have been described recently.¹

This report describes an 11-year-old normocalcemic girl with PHP. In this patient, the serum concentration of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol was within the normal range, in contrast to the abnormally low values of this

metabolite previously reported in hypocalcemic patients with PHP.² The purpose of this article is to report the acute response of calciferol metabolite concentrations to PTH and dibutyry^l cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) infusion in a normocalcemic patient with PHP.

Patient Report.—An 11-year-old girl presented for evaluation of short stature. She was a short, stocky girl with rounded facies; she was 126.0 cm tall (2.9 SDs below normal mean for age), weighed 28.9 kg (14% above average weight . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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