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Cataract in pseudohypoparathyroidism

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Cataract in pseudohypoparathyroidism – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/965605659

This is a clouding of the lens inside the eye which leads to a decrease in vision, in an inherited disorder, named for its similarity to pseudohypoparathyroidism in presentation. The term pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is used to describe a condition where the individual has the phenotypic appearance of pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a, but is biochemically normal.

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