Autoimmune hypoparathyroidism
A rare parathyroid disease and phosphocalcic metabolism anomaly characterized by hypocalcemia hyperphosphatemia hypercalciuria and low serum parathyroid hormone levels in the presence of autoantibodies against parathyroid tissue. Clinical signs and symptoms are of variable severity and include paresthesia seizures laryngospasm tetany cardiac dysrhythmias calcifications of the basal ganglia and neuropsychological manifestations such as anxiety depression confusion or hallucination. The condition may occur as an isolated disease or in association with other autoimmune diseases.
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