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A child with tetany, convulsions, and nephrocalcinosis: Answers

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    Pediredla Karunakar, Sriram Krishnamurthy, Thiagarajan Narayanasamy Rajavelu, Bobbity Deepthi, Abarna Thangaraj & Aakash Chandran Chidambaram

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Pediredla Karunakar, Thiagarajan Narayanasamy Rajavelu, Bobbity Deepthi, Abarna Thangaraj, and Aakash Chandran Chidambaram managed the patient, reviewed the literature, and drafted the manuscript. Sriram Krishnamurthy managed the patient, reviewed the literature, and critically revised the manuscript. All authors contributed to the review of literature and drafting of the manuscript and approved the final version of the manuscript. Sriram Krishnamurthy shall act as guarantor of the paper.

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Karunakar, P., Krishnamurthy, S., Rajavelu, T.N. et al. A child with tetany, convulsions, and nephrocalcinosis: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol 36, 4119–4122 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-021-05238-x

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