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Hypercalciuria and urolithiasis in a case of Costello syndrome

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 Costello syndrome is characterized by postnatal growth deficiency, mental retardation, curly hair, coarse characteristic face, and loose skin of hands and feet. Patients with this syndrome have a high incidence of cardiac involvement, including arrhythmia, atrial septal defect, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We report a 16-year-old adolescent female with Costello syndrome who presents with hypercalciuria and urolithiasis.

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA Tel.: +1-302-651-4426, Fax: +1-302-651-5948, , , , , , US

    F. K. Assadi, Charles P. McKay, Laszlo Hopp & Deborah A. Fattori

  2. Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA, , , , , , US

    Charles I. Scott Jr. & Linda Nicholson

  3. Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA, , , , , , US

    Michael Cafone

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  1. F. K. Assadi
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Received: 15 October 1997 / Revised: 31 March 1998 / Accepted: 31 March 1998

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Assadi, F., Scott Jr., C., McKay, C. et al. Hypercalciuria and urolithiasis in a case of Costello syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol 13, 57–59 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670050563

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