Another family with acute vitamin D intoxication: another cause of familial hypercalcaemia
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- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 62 (733), 1025-1028
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.62.733.1025
Abstract
Summary: Acute vitamin D intoxication from an unknown source occurred in a family consisting of a grandmother, mother, father and four children aged 14, 11, 8 and 1 1/2 years old. The clinical presentation and response to treatment (which included a diphosphonate preparation and cholestyramine) are described.Keywords
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