Idiopathic hypercalcaemia of infants

Idiopathic hypercalcaemia of infants.

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The prognosis in idiopathic hypercalcaemia of infants.

Two distinct types of idiopathic hypercalcaemia of infants have been recognized; a mild or simple type, in which recovery is said to be complete, and a severe type, which results in death or physical and mental retardation (Lightwood and Stapleton, 1953; Lowe, Henderson, Park and McGreal, 1954). Although most cases conform to one or other type, it has recently become apparent that the distincti...

Feline idiopathic hypercalcaemia

Biochemical studies in idiopathic hypercalcaemia of infancy.

Idiopathic hypercalcaemia tends to develop between the first and fifteenth months of life and diagnosis rests primarily on biochemical findings. We have determined for this age period the normal values for serum calcium, serum cholesterol and the serum cholesterol fractions by the methods which we use. Over a period of four years samples of blood were taken from 110 infants in hospital, or atte...

Idiopathic Addison's disease presenting with hypercalcaemia.

A childless 24-year-old housewife was admitted to hospital in May 1969. At Easter she had begun to develop generalized muscular pains and feelings of faintness. She then became increasingly depressed and subject to outbursts of tears, complained of lethargy, anorexia, and bouts of nausea and vomiting, and more recently had developed polyuria, thirst, and nocturia and a liking for salty food. Sh...