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SUBMITTER: Schlingmann KP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303532 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schlingmann Karl P KP Cassar Walburga W Konrad Martin M
Bone reports 20180621
The term Idiopathic infantile hypercalcemia (IIH) was first introduced almost 70 years ago when symptomatic hypercalcemia developed in children after receiving high doses of vitamin D for the prevention of rickets. The underlying pathophysiology remained unknown until recessive mutations in <i>CYP24A1</i> encoding Vitamin D<sub>3</sub>-24-hydroxylase were discovered. The defect in vitamin D degradation leads to an accumulation of active 1,25(OH)<sub>2</sub>D<sub>3</sub> with subsequent hypercalc ...[more]