RENAL DWARFISM WITH HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN A CASE OF CONGENITAL FAMILIAL MALFORMATION OF THE KIDNEYS
Authors: T D ULLMANN, S SCHORR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Case Reports1 October 1948RENAL DWARFISM WITH HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN A CASE OF CONGENITAL FAMILIAL MALFORMATION OF THE KIDNEYSTH. D. ULLMANN, M.D., S. SCHORR, M.D.TH. D. ULLMANN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, S. SCHORR, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-29-4-715 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe clinical picture of dwarfism in children, with or without rickets, in combination with pathological states of the kidneys, has been observed and reported fairly frequently in the last decades, after it had been recognized as a clinical entity by Fletcher (1911).13 Descriptions and discussions of this condition are given in a number of monographs and textbooks on children's diseases,30, 32 bone diseases,40 kidney disorders,41 as well as in textbooks on pathology and clinical physiology. 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