Pseudohypoparathyroidism Health Dictionary

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Pseudohypoparathyroidism: From 1 Different Sources

n. a syndrome of learning disability, restricted growth, and bony abnormalities due to a genetic defect that causes lack of response to the hormone secreted by the *parathyroid glands. Treatment with calcium and vitamin D can reverse most of the features. See also Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Albright’s Hereditary Osteodystrophy

the skeletal abnormalities, collectively, of *pseudohypoparathyroidism. These include short stature, abnormally short fingers and toes (particularly involving the fourth and fifth metacarpals and metatarsals), and soft-tissue calcification. [F. Albright (1900–69), US physician]... albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

n. a condition in which all the symptoms of *pseudohypoparathyroidism are present but the patient’s response to parathyroid hormone is normal. It is often found in families affected with pseudohypoparathyroidism.... pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

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