Abstracts tagged "Deposition and ultrasonography"

Abstract Number: 233 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Ultrasonographic Evaluation Of Patellar Cartilage and Triangular Fibrocartilage In Patients With Familial Benign Hypercalcemia
Alberto Batticciotto¹, Diana Certan², Valentina Varisco¹, Marco Antivalle³, Fabiola Atzeni⁴, Maurizio Bevilacqua² and Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy, ²Endocrinology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy, ³Rheumatology, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: Familial benign hypercalcemia (FBH) is a rare autosomal dominant disease that is caused by a mutation in calcium sensing receptor (CaSR) genes and characterised…