Idiopathic Hypoparathyroidism, Adrenal Insufficiency and Moniliasis in Children

Renal Response to Intravenous Phosphate Load in Idiopathic Hypoparathyroidism and Pseudohypoparathyroidism

“…Since 16 months of age, however, he had been suffering from cutaneous and pulmonary moniliasis. As mycotic infection is a frequent finding in idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and sometimes even precedes other clinical [3] or even blood chemical [9] manifestations of the disease by many years it was suspected that he represented a "latent" or "partial" form of hypoparathyroidism. It was therefore of interest to know if an increased tubular reabsorption of phosphate could be demonstrated a t a time when the serum calcium and phosphate levels were still normal.…”