LETTER
Autosomal/Recessive Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Andrew Dunn, MD
15 May 1997 | Volume 126 Issue 10 | Page 835
TO THE EDITOR:
The poem by Van Peenen [1] was an entertaining description of the varying manifestations of a genetic disease. However, it left me puzzled. Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia is a benign disorder that is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait [2]. It is commonly discovered during the evaluation of asymptomatic hypercalcemia.
Is the author's stylish manner causing me to misinterpret the poem, or is the author describing the rare case of a child inheriting an autosomal dominant allele from each parent?
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Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029
1. Van Peenen HJ. Autosomal/recessive (familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia). Ann Intern Med. 1996; 125:7.
2. Potts JT Jr. Diseases of the parathyroid gland and other hyper- and hypocalcemic disorders. In: Isselbacher KJ, Martin JB, Braunwald E, Fauci AS, Wilson JD, Kasper DL, eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 13th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1994:2156-7.
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