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A toddler with Down syndrome, hypercalcaemia, hypercalciuria, medullary nephrocalcinosis and renal failure

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  1. Renal Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University of Leuven, University Hospital, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Willem Proesmans & Benedicte Eyskens

  2. Centre for Developmental Disabilities, University of Leuven, University Hospital, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Paul De Cock

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Proesmans, W., De Cock, P. & Eyskens, B. A toddler with Down syndrome, hypercalcaemia, hypercalciuria, medullary nephrocalcinosis and renal failure. Pediatr Nephrol 9, 112–114 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00858987

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