title: Growth spurt hypocalcemia.
abstract: This is a clinical presentation of a healthy 12-year-old African-American male who had symptomatic hypocalcemia during a growth spurt that resolved after reaching a stable height. He had clinical findings consistent with Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) with hypocalcemia, hyperphospatemia, and increased parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentration. We hypothesize that his family might have a hitherto unreported autosomal dominant PHP-Ib that may or may not be linked to the GNAS locus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent Medicine, Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA. kwright@med.wayne.edu
authors.forename: Kathryn L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Erawati V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Bawle
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011547:Pseudohypoparathyroidism / Q000150:complications*