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We examined 37 first and second degree relatives of 10 children with hypercalciuria. In 2 families only the index patient was affected, while in 8 others one of the parents was hypercalciuric; in the total of 47 persons examined 23 cases of “idiopathic” hypercalciuria could be identified. None of the subjects was hypercalcemic. The pedigrees suggest autosomal dominant inheritance of the trait.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. H.-R. Wiedemann on the occasion of his 65th birthday
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Méhes, K., Szelid, Z. Autosomal dominant inheritance of hypercalciuria. Eur J Pediatr 133, 239–242 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00496083
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